@TheSpoonyNavyReader I’m going to try not to sound aggressive! But I do think your consumption is high!
I too live in a “house on a hill” on a farm. DH is a “builder” and often has changes of clothes during the day if he gets soaked, sweaty or covered in sewage. X2 teens do sports.
if to wear PJ’s in bed, that’s where the skin cells go, you could change your pjs every 3/4 days and your bedding fortnightly.
we use “earth breeze” laundry sheets to wash our clothes, at 30 degrees. Clothes come out smelling clean, because they are, not because they have been masked by something fake.
you shouldn’t use fabric conditioner on towels. I can’t see that you’ve said you have. But this puts a layer on the towels fabric and possibly makes them feel unclean.
don’t not have glorious Victorian bathrooms with big towel rail to hang your towels for future use? They should do 2-3 showers if they’re hung! & not chucked on the floor … it’s a big bug bare in our house reminding the teens to hang towels.
loo roll use seems excessive - however when I think about it, we use 40 rolls every 12 weeks in subscription, but they claim to be double rolls, in reality I think they’re a bit more than that (compared to what we’ve been provided with in self catering holidays!). So we’re using 3.3 rolls a week … but it might be 8 of what you’re using.
kitchen roll last about a month a roll as we mostly used cotton cloths (white minkys from the supermarket - nothing fancy- but last and last) for washing up and wiping up)
less shampoo, conditioner and shower gel is more - have you tried putting it in pump bottles and using less? You get a laver but don’t waste the liquid.
we mostly use “roll on” deodorant. Mine is from tropic and it lasts me over 3 months, applying daily, or sometimes twice daily if I have a second shower, without putting chemicals into my body like the sprays do.
it doesn’t block my pores, I don’t ever really sweat and if I do it’s not from where the deodorant has been put! I don’t smell when I sweat. … when I used “sure” I was aware I did occasionally. This is a cream, rather than what you think of as a roll on, not a stick and not a ball. it has an applicator, so you aren’t rubbing it with your hands. i’d reconsider spray deodorant. Do some reading.
we spend about £130 a month in electric, every month and the equator £75 on heating oil. I too tumble dry lots, one of the joys of country living is that if you use a clothes line everything gets splattered in dust (which is mostly dried cow/pig poo!
I think we have to do what suits us, but I think you can do some bits to help yourself. Just conversations about waste & usage, without noticing too much difference, but making a difference, to the environment and your spend and the amount of time you spend doing things.