SMART TOWELS

by Smarti Marti

Smart Towels are:

Smart for your budget
Smart for the environment
Smart for sustainability
Smart alternative to paper towels

I used to love paper towels! But when put in plastic garbage bags, they can’t degrade because of the plastic bags. I thought there had to be a better way, and there is. Another downside to buying paper towels is the single-use plastic packaging.

During my 2-month experiment of solely using Smart Towels, I learned my household used paper towels for tiny spills, as napkins, cleaning the house and household items, covering bowls when microwaving, and much more. It was an eye-opener to waste and its contribution to our current climate crisis. Paper towels are biodegradable, but we place used paper towels inside plastic garbage bags which end up in landfills and contribute to greenhouse gases as they (plastics) break down.

“The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it”
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The basic math…my 2-person household averages 3 rolls of Bounty paper towels per week. How much does your household use and spend on paper towels per week?

$30 = 12 rolls Bounty Triple -> $2.5/roll * 3 rolls/week = $7.50/week ->
$7.50/week *52 weeks/year = $390/year -> $1,950/5years.

Utility and water usage for laundering Smart Towels was not calculated, but the benefits of Smart Towels outweigh any potential downsides. If you do a mini-experiment of your own with utilities usage for Smart Towels, drop a note in the comments section…I would love to hear about it.

Here are my 2 takeaways from doing this experiment:

1. My household will continue to use Smart Towels instead of paper towels, knowing I am helping my wallet, the environment, and implementing sustainable positive change.
2. Although paper towels are no longer purchased, existing ones are tucked away in the closet, only to be used for those nasty cleanups.