To spend £700 a year on kitchen roll?

[Stellenbosch]

Yes, I fucking am?!

WTF, how can I cut down on usage? For my bank balance and the environment! .

In my defence I do have a toddler and a rather large family, but still, go through £2 a day worth of the stuff!

I hate dish cloths, they seem so inefficient and full of bacteria!

Help?! Hints?! Tips?!

You don’t need to wash dish cloths in boiling water or with bleach, hot soapy water is fine. Make sure you let them dry quickly/properly.
Or chuck them in with a load of washing every couple of days.

Buy 15 thick fluffy teatowels. Use two a day. Wash at end of week. How the fuck are you using so much kitchen roll?! Does your toddler projectile vomit on an hourly basis? 🤷🏼‍♀️

Try Nisbets; wholesale and retail, I'm using them more and more. TBH, I'm trying to use Amazon lesss.

Nisbets prices are ex VAT, though.

Goodness op! I don't use kitchen roll at all as a rule.

I wipe up mess/clean the bin/clean bathrooms with cloths - as others say, old joggers, old flannels, old hoodies - which I wash once used with the towels once a, week, washing towels anyway so no extra laundry. My kids are bigger but even so!

Sorry about the typo, I'm not really hissing at Amazon!

Don't use fabric conditioner when washing cloths - it coats them to make them soft, but the coating stops them being absorbent.

Dry kitchen roll isn’t even that good at cleaning.

I shove my dishcloths in the top rack of the dishwasher. It’s on every day so they’re not hanging around gathering mildew, and it washes hotter than my washing machine.

Stellenbosch - single-handedly destroying the environment. 😵

Our local pound shop sells 4 rolls for £1, (Iceland used to sell 4 rolls for £1 too, haven't been in a while so don't know if they still do)..I have used from both places and they work ok for me

Instead of rolling off a big piece, pre tear the roll, (tear each piece so you have two sheets) and have them sat in a pile, that way you are only using what you need and not rolling off a bundle for what a sheet or two will handle

Also buy a pile of wash cloths or face cloths from a pound shop (get a bundle for a pound, use them for all your clean ups, then chuck them in washer with laundry so they are ready for use the next day

I've never bought kitchen roll.
I just have a pile of resusable dishcloths which get chucked in the washing machine every time I do a load.
Can't remember the last time I bought one, so this is both very cheap and good for the environment.

I'm a huge kitchen roll user as well. I dont know what I spend though. I'm also a big wet wipe user.

I have a load of microfibre cloths - they get thrown in with any wash that’s being done - rarely use paper towels anymore

I use old muslins, chuck them into a bucket, then do a boil wash every couple of weeks when we've gone through them all. We've cut our kitchen roll use to a couple of rolls a month, max.

To clean down high chairs I use a wipe (the one I’ve wiped faces with) to pick up the heavy then a sponge and spray on it after

If you need to boil them can’t you just stick them in a saucepan, no need for proper rinsing they are just cloths

I would just stick them in with a wash though

We (me, OH and 2 teenagers) use 1 roll every 6 months-ish. I only use for lining the fridge where the milk sits or if something gets spilt on the sofa and I don't want to use a damp cloth. 2 rolls a day is ridiculous - just use a face cloth/dishcloth.

Washable bamboo kitchen rolls are great. They come on a roll but obviously once used, they need to be stored like a cloth. But they are super absorbent, can be rinsed out and dried super quickly on the side of the sink. One soiled, I store in a mesh bag and launder once I have enough to justify a wash or they go in with towels. I bought 2 rolls for less than a tenner about 6 months ago and have only used part of one roll.

Please stop your wasteful ways! Think of the state of the planet for your children as they grow up.

£14 a WEEK?! So you must be using one and a half to two a day.

WTF are you using that much for?

Yeah, YABU obvs!

I just use kitchen sponges and put them in the dishwasher when I put it on at night.

Those using disposable wipes - your food stained wipe will be in this world forever more.

Fuck me!

Terry towelling cloths and wash em. Ffs.

just use those blue cloth things, even just using them a couple of times and throwing them is cheaper than using kitchen roll.

Or you could use dish cloths and wash, they don't need to be bleached.
I think once your child is crawling a sterile environment is unnecessary.

2 rolls a day for cleaning highchair and floor?!

floor-dustpan and brush for crumbs/bits of food and then a bloody good mop?

high chair- Dettol spray or method spray (no chemicals so babies can eat after it has been wiped up) and then use 2/3 pieces to dry it- or just a wipe with a good kitchen cloth that can be disinfected before bed every night (ever heard of mrs hinch)?!

£700 is beyond ridiculous - as I am aware you already know

I've never bought kitchen roll. To me it won't clean as well as a wet cloth and detergent. Water is a solvent in itself so using it with a spray means using less of it but getting more out of it. A dry cloth such as kitchen roll only absorbs the sprayed liquid and won't let it fully clean - that's my theory anyway!!

A cloth only smells when you leave it sodden and dirty in a pile. Rinse with hot soapy water, wring tightly and hang over your sink to dry. That's the way I was taught in Food Safety as the method that minimises bacteria the most. I have a hook on the inside of the cupboard under the sink as I don't like a cloth over the tap or sink side.

If you are concerned about chemical usage and additional bacteria, get a small bucket with a lid and steep your cloths in a weak bleach solution, when you have a few, rinse and pop into the household wash.

Microfibre cloths, chuck in the wash.