Which would be more earth friendly? When cleaning the house..?

Question

to use disposable cloth's (cutting down tree's) or using reuseable cloth's (but wasting energy and water by having more laundry)?? What do you think?

Answer 1

reusable rags by far .......even though you are using water and the electricity these are renewable resources. the water can be naturally filtered and most electric energy today comes from water generated power plants

Answer 2

I can't imagine that my cleaning rags are really taking up that much room in the washer and wasting water. I can have a full load in the washer ready to go and throw those on top, it really makes no difference in my laundry. So I would say, reusable would be best. Everything is disposable now-a-days and I'm sure it's making a huge difference in the amount of trash we throw out.

Answer 3

Hello, I would have to say reusable cloth's, I use a white cloth, and when I have finished all I do is get a little bucket put some water and soup in it. Put the rags in the bucket agitate the rags to get the dirt out and then add a little bleach to the mix to kill any bacteria. let it sit for five minutes and then ring out the rags. Pour the solution down the drain. Then put fresh water back in the bucket to rinse out the rags. Ring them out again and let them air dry.

Answer 4

I use reuseable rags. They are wasting energy and water to clean them, but they couldn't be using much.

Answer 5

Use White cotton cloths. Put them in with your other white cotton washing to be bleached. Cheap effective and saves trime and your own energys.
They will out last you.

Answer 6

I would say disposible cloths so long as there is a guarentee of replanting.

Answer 7

Try mabu multi cloth, you don't use detergent to wash it, I've got 2, they are great.

Here's a website with info
http://www.mabu.com/cleaning.html