i've bought new towels. what should i do with my old ones? seems like a waste to throw them away

[Tutter]

can u sew?

make recycled nappies?

I use old towels for nights when the children have the pukes...keep in the car to line the boot when wellies are muddy...give to a dogs home, I bet they'd use them for when they've had to bath a dog? use them as beach towels?

no

er, no - but would happily give them to someone who would

cut up and hem and use instead of flannels/baby wipes?

we have so many towels, maidamess

kept the really old ones when we bought new last time

have to lose some at some point

Yes, dog rescue centres are always in need of old towels

ok, i should give you some idea of scale

i have maybe 30 or 40 towels

that's a lot of flannels

ah, winestein, good idea

I chop them up and keep them in my cleaning cupboard for wiping floors and dusting etc.

send me a box of them to attempt to make nappies for #4

Cloth recycling centre.

Put them in the recycling bin.

if you lived locally i absolutely would misdee

but postage to you (aren't you essex or thereabouts?) [stalker] would be more than towels worth

and would def negate any green aspect of keeping them

30 - 40

Start a flannel factory?

(Maidamess got there before me btw - it was just hidden in all her other rubbish ideas )

i use towels all the time for my dogs, so agree, dogs home or vets or rescue place would be your best bet.

there was a thread a while ago saying that no-one actually throws towels away, they just get demoted down the line eventually ending up in either the garage for oily hands or for wiping the dogs paws - twas quite amusing, I'll see if I can find it.

Freecycle them if they are good enough for human use,or even if not. Ours has requests for old towels reasonably frequently.

tutter - if it makes you feel any better I also have a LOT of towels (not counted, but probably the same number as you, if not more) most of which never get used

Definitely the local animal rescue centre - ours (v local charity) is always desperate for them for both bedding and washing dogs with!

I chop them up and use them for cleaning jobs.

The local animal rescue centre would love to have them, I am sure there are a few near you.

oops, should have read the whole thread and not just the title

there is indeed an animal rescue centre a couple of miles who would liek them

thanks all

freecycle !

I got a bunch from freecycle which we now use as night nappies for my nearly 4yo, and as swimming bath and beach towels, also as a towel to change baby's nappy on. They are better than some of our ordinary towels .