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Posted by: pyderi 1 year, 9 months ago

Go Green, use handkerchiefs Don't use tissues, tissues now days are super expensive for the environment. According to the European Tissue Symposium a normal European uses 13 kg of tissue (including toilet paper) a year. A tissue is a single use product because of health and safety regulations. As a contaminant it is, the tissue should be comp

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  • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)pyderi
    pyderi
    March 3, 2008, 6:59 a.m.

    The trees are our friends!!

    • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)Dicax_Maximus
      Dicax_Maximus
      March 3, 2008, 7:13 a.m.

      Er..... I don't mind using a handkerchief for my schnoz, but elsewhere ????? Don't think so !!!!!!!

      • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)Endoscopy
        Endoscopy
        March 3, 2008, 10:14 a.m.

        LOL

        Tree huggers gone wild. The basic problem that these people fail to recognize is that trees are a renewable resource. Companies that provide trees cut down the trees and then plant new ones. Not to do so would be foolish for them since they would run out. To protect the environment they do not anymore clearcut an area. They checkerboard and replant quickly.

        They minimize how a handkerchief will be washed. It will be thrown in the wash with the rest of the clothes. That takes energy and detergent to clean them with possibly some additives in the washer and dryer.

        • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)SenorCoconut
          SenorCoconut
          March 3, 2008, 11:32 a.m.

          I've always found the idea of putting a rag full of snot into my pocket unappealing.

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