Bye Paper! Benefits of a Paperless Kitchen

A paperless kitchen sounds impossible, but it’s considerably easier than you think! When you toss that final paper towel and switch to cloth, you’ll be creating less waste and a bigger wallet. Going paperless is better for our oceans, landfills and our Earth! It also prevents hundreds of thousands of trees from being cut down.

Here are several benefits a paperless kitchen can have for your home, family and our environment!

Save Green by Being Green: With a paperless kitchen you are not having to constantly buy more paper towels, napkins and paper plates, which can get expensive. Your grocery bill will be cheaper and shorter making shopping a little easier!

Less Waste Means Less Trash: It’s amazing how fast trash accumulates in our home when you are adding to it every day. When you cut out paper products, you are cutting out a great deal of trash!

Keeps Chemicals out of the Kitchen: Safeguard your family’s health by keeping them away from tons of chemicals from paper towels. Not using paper towels also saves the fish from all the chemicals and bleach being dumped in the water system and oceans.

Save Storage Space: Cloth rags are typically small and do not take up as much room as bulky paper products. They can easily be stored in a small bowl on the counter or in a drawer.

Paperless Teaches Kids to Stay Away from Single-Use: Using cloth rags over and over and washing them is a great example of demonstrating the importance of reusing an item instead of using a paper towel once and throwing it away.

Going Paperless Saves Natural Resources: Making paper towels is a very water intensive production and the fabrication of paper towels utilize a large amount of energy. Think of all the natural resources we could preserve by going paperless in our kitchens!

Easy Steps to Transition to a Paperless Kitchen:

• Communicate with your family about the transition of no longer having paper towels and napkins around. Additionally, have everyone on board with the new ways in the kitchen.
• Hunt around your home for scrap fabric or purchase some inexpensive, natural-fiber cloth napkins. If you are into crocheting you could knit your own and use colored yard to match your kitchen.
• Stock up on cloth napkins and necessities so you will not have to do extra laundry throughout the week.
• Have all cloths in a convenient place that’s easy to grab when a spill or mess happens.
• Keep a laundry basket close by to toss all the dirty linens.

It’s okay if going paperless is a slow transition in your home! Every small amount of effort in not creating waste will benefit our environment!