Comments on: Not Your Grampa’s Handkerchief http://green-behavior.com/environmentally-eco-friendly-solutions/not-your-grampas-reusable-tissue-handkercheif.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=not-your-grampas-reusable-tissue-handkercheif Going green, one [semi] eco method at a time Sat, 19 May 2012 04:09:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Terri Ann http://green-behavior.com/environmentally-eco-friendly-solutions/not-your-grampas-reusable-tissue-handkercheif.htm#comment-52 Terri Ann Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:09:35 +0000 http://green-behavior.com/?p=162#comment-52 <p>Anna - you said you soak them but have you tried soaking in vinegar or soappy water? Maybe boiling them - you could pick up a cheap pot or pan at a dollar store or Walmart/Target and use it only for hankie boiling. I've never had a problem with my hankies personally.</p> <p>Please do update us if you find something that works!</p> Anna - you said you soak them but have you tried soaking in vinegar or soappy water? Maybe boiling them - you could pick up a cheap pot or pan at a dollar store or Walmart/Target and use it only for hankie boiling. I’ve never had a problem with my hankies personally.

Please do update us if you find something that works!

]]> By: anna http://green-behavior.com/environmentally-eco-friendly-solutions/not-your-grampas-reusable-tissue-handkercheif.htm#comment-51 anna Fri, 01 Oct 2010 04:37:53 +0000 http://green-behavior.com/?p=162#comment-51 <p>i wash my partners hankies and they do get snot on the clothes, and unless i handwash them first, they come out of the wash with slime on them. i am wondering if anyone knows of a product that will dissolve the snot because even when i soak them i actually have to rub the snot off to dislodge it...</p> i wash my partners hankies and they do get snot on the clothes, and unless i handwash them first, they come out of the wash with slime on them. i am wondering if anyone knows of a product that will dissolve the snot because even when i soak them i actually have to rub the snot off to dislodge it…

]]> By: cindyloo http://green-behavior.com/environmentally-eco-friendly-solutions/not-your-grampas-reusable-tissue-handkercheif.htm#comment-50 cindyloo Thu, 16 Sep 2010 18:59:54 +0000 http://green-behavior.com/?p=162#comment-50 <p>Most women carry a purse of some kind, so stick it in an outside pocket! I like to carry them mostly to open doors or push buttons if I need to without getting germy. ;) Obviously I use a different hankie for that than I blow into though....LOL</p> Most women carry a purse of some kind, so stick it in an outside pocket! I like to carry them mostly to open doors or push buttons if I need to without getting germy. ;) Obviously I use a different hankie for that than I blow into though….LOL

]]> By: Thrift - the latest "buzz" word for saving the Planet? - Page 6 http://green-behavior.com/environmentally-eco-friendly-solutions/not-your-grampas-reusable-tissue-handkercheif.htm#comment-49 Thrift - the latest "buzz" word for saving the Planet? - Page 6 Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:21:20 +0000 http://green-behavior.com/?p=162#comment-49 <p>[...] Some interesting facts about paper waste and how to cut down on your paper footprint. How to cut your paper footprint - Green Living, Environment - The Independent Some people are opting for recycled facial tissue these days to be more environmentally friendly. “If every household in the United States replaced just one box of virgin fiber facial tissues (175 sheets) with 100% recycled ones, we could save 163,000 trees.” The source of this quote is on this website and it has some other interesting information on it as well. NRDC: A Shopper's Guide to Home Tissue Products Made with Recycled Paper I might take some of my old cotton shirts and make them into handkerchiefs. I think I could save about $40.00 in a year (give or take) from not buying them. I know it might sound kind of gross, but I could put them to soak in a bucket if I wanted to. This will be one less thing I have to be dependent upon the store for too. Not Your Grampa’s Handkerchief | Green Behavior [...]</p> […] Some interesting facts about paper waste and how to cut down on your paper footprint. How to cut your paper footprint - Green Living, Environment - The Independent Some people are opting for recycled facial tissue these days to be more environmentally friendly. “If every household in the United States replaced just one box of virgin fiber facial tissues (175 sheets) with 100% recycled ones, we could save 163,000 trees.” The source of this quote is on this website and it has some other interesting information on it as well. NRDC: A Shopper’s Guide to Home Tissue Products Made with Recycled Paper I might take some of my old cotton shirts and make them into handkerchiefs. I think I could save about $40.00 in a year (give or take) from not buying them. I know it might sound kind of gross, but I could put them to soak in a bucket if I wanted to. This will be one less thing I have to be dependent upon the store for too. Not Your Grampa’s Handkerchief | Green Behavior […]

]]> By: Pamela Charnley Nickols http://green-behavior.com/environmentally-eco-friendly-solutions/not-your-grampas-reusable-tissue-handkercheif.htm#comment-48 Pamela Charnley Nickols Mon, 09 Feb 2009 11:48:17 +0000 http://green-behavior.com/?p=162#comment-48 <p>Try pushing your handkerchief down the front of your bra, or if you are wearing trousers, you can tuck it inside the waist band of your knickers just in front of your hip.</p> Try pushing your handkerchief down the front of your bra, or if you are wearing trousers, you can tuck it inside the waist band of your knickers just in front of your hip.

]]> By: meg http://green-behavior.com/environmentally-eco-friendly-solutions/not-your-grampas-reusable-tissue-handkercheif.htm#comment-47 meg Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:32:21 +0000 http://green-behavior.com/?p=162#comment-47 <p>I need to know how and where to carry a handkerchief, or even two... Women's clothes are notoriously pocketless... I guess they feel even the slight bulk of a pocket may make us look fat. So where do women of today carry hankies without looking like Russian peasants? I have heard up the sleeve, but try that with a tee shirt! I want to carry hankies, but have no idea where to put them. Help?</p> I need to know how and where to carry a handkerchief, or even two… Women’s clothes are notoriously pocketless… I guess they feel even the slight bulk of a pocket may make us look fat. So where do women of today carry hankies without looking like Russian peasants? I have heard up the sleeve, but try that with a tee shirt! I want to carry hankies, but have no idea where to put them. Help?

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