How many rolls of kitchen paper do you use a week?

[RainbowRedPanda]

I was reading this guardian article about whether paper towels are eco friendly and it mentions a benchmark of a family of 4 getting through two rolls of kitchen paper a week.

That seems like an awful lot to me, we probably get through one a month.

I think we'd struggle to use more than 1 or 2 a year.

What do people use to soak oil up from the frying pan for example? I use it for that as well.

I did buy some cheap facecloths that are white that I was going to use instead of them but (and I know this is irrational but potentially linked to OCD), I struggle to use things when they’re grubby or stained. Maybe I should get some dark cloths and then it wouldn’t be so bad.

Er none obviously 🤷‍♀️

I go through phases of buying it but miss it when I don’t have it. I use it lots when cooking - for drying vegetables after I’ve washed them and things like that.

They’d leave fibres wouldn’t they?

A lot of my cloths are white and most of them are not stained. If something was very stained I might relegate it to polishing shoes, but there would be no real reason for that. They stay remarkably white.

About 2 sheets per week for one person. Maybe 3 rolls a year?

What do people use to soak oil up from the frying pan for example? I use it for that as well

So do I. In fact anything greasy because I have an irrational horror of grease. Hate it with a passion. We still only get through one kitchen roll about every six weeks though.

Family of three and we use a large Regina Blitz roll about every 10 days.

About one a month
Soaking up oil, drying my hands before putting contacts in (doesn't leave fibres), cleaning mirrors and windows

I get through one a fortnight. It's only me and dd, but she can be a bit frivolous with kitchen paper. I think it would last a month if she was a bit economical with it.

I probably buy a two pack a year. I rarely use it.

What do people use to soak oil up from the frying pan for example? I use it for that as well

I get the pan hot so I don't need a lot of fat. There isn't any left over I could pour out.

I stopped buying it as the younger family members were using tons of it.

About every week or two.

Used for lots of things - wiping youngest DC face after eating (very messy eater), moping up small spills, cleaning up spills in the oven, helping with food prep/cleaning up after etc.

I've just finished our last roll & will miss using it until I get to the shops later this week to buy some more.

I don't use it for wiping surfaces though as I use microfibre cloths for that so I can wash them & re-use.

Never monitored it but probably a roll every 3 months or so.

Have some of you not heard of cloths ?

Never bought any in my life…we used dishcloths, is that weird 🤷🏻‍♀️

Yeh I stopped buying them many years ago. I use cloths, made from cut-up old clothes - joggers and leggings are good. Only if they have holes and are no use to wear. Stick them in the wash with the towels.

After 20 years of using a small roll a week for cleaning most hard surfaces round the house, we recently switched to micro fibre cloths. Not sure the eco credentials on those are great either, but the switch is certainly saving money and giving better results.

None. Use cloths.

I use cloths 99% of the time, and they are now all white, so they can go in the washing machine on a hot wash with other whites. Most of them are either old towels cut up or some dishcloths used for, um, dishes I crocheted myself from some cotton I bought years ago to make a baby blanket - baby is now eight years old, so I used up the white cotton for cloths.

When clothes are not good enough for a charity, I cut them up into large squares and put them in the rag bag - these are used for cleaning up anything grim. Usually something produced by a cat ...

I won't go into details, but some of these rags can be washed out and then put in the washing machine. Some, sadly, can't and have to be chucked into the compost bin or binned.

None!

One roll of the blitz stuff every fortnight.
Used in place of napkins when we eat dinner, for absorbing grease on fried food And patting down meat before it cooks so it doesn’t have any moisture. Probably more stuff too.

I have never needed to absorb oil in pan really. Day to day I don’t use oil more than needed, so there’s no excess. Just add washing up liquid to pan to break down any remaining and wash.
If I ever add more for a deeper fry I wait for pan to cool then pour excess old oil into an old jar for it to solidify and take jar when full to local diy store than has oil disposal.

It’s much more efficient surely for young babies and children to cleaned up after means with a cloth? Ours are just ran under warm water so child gets a proper clean of sticky face and hands. A piece of tissue kitchen roll isn’t going to wash them properly.

Same with baby butts. A cloth in warm water cleans baby bum so much better than a baby disposable wipes that just seems to smear stuff around as no ‘grip’ like a cotton towel like cloth has

1 roll probably lasts 7-10 days in our house, mainly used by DS2 when he's putting his contacts in - when he was taught at specsavers, he was given a paper towel to put under each lense pot so he has continued that (disclaimer- he has learning difficulties that make it hard for him to deviate!)