Wet wipes or not to wet wipes
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Do any of you remember pre loo paper? Or do you know an activist thats young enough to think the old is new?
About a year ago i had my niece come stay and she was very anti using disposable products.
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marey wilmatm
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wilmatm
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My neice and i also made up some pretty neat reusable pads that clipped into her knickers for menstruation. She just soaked them then put them through the wash. I think i am going to go make myself a bag of soft wipes to use esp when i am in so much pain down below.
Just a thought and easy to do.
suedm wilmatm
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ChrissieM wilmatm
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suedm ChrissieM
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I heard one friend bemoan the pads her demented mother flushed away into HER private drainage system
ChrissieM suedm
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suedm ChrissieM
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I too really admire those who chip the yuck and fat from the sewer walls
wilmatm suedm
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Morrell1951 wilmatm
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So, occasionally when things are really bad, I think carrying a wet square of cloth in a plastic bag is a good solution. Or we could keep some dry ones and a little spray bottle of water. And put the cloth in the garbage. No plastic bags or washing necessary. Just get old T shirts from the thrift store and cut them up.
wilmatm Morrell1951
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May not be so good in your cold climate but i think for me it will be perfect.
Morrell1951 wilmatm
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Chrisy wilmatm
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I just wanted to let you all know that there is a wet wipe on the market which actually states that it is just like water. It is meant for newborn prem babies and their exceptionally delicate bottoms. If you do want to use these do not throw them down the toilet, I place them into the sanitary disposal units that are meant for that kind of stuff. At home I place in old newspaper and dispose of it in my refuse bag. Regularly emptied so no smell.
Just another thought. It is difficult to be green with this problem. I like the idea of cloths just not the idea of how to get them home without the smell. I kind of think that throwing dirty T shirt material isn't that green either. You would soon run out of old T Shirts and buying new is not that green.
I think plastic is a far worse problem for the enviroment although is does after a hundred years or so eventually degrade. In the long term I actually don't see the problem as some natural products like trees take many more years to degrade and become the oil, coal and other natural products we use today. I sometimes wonder why we worry so much. I worry more about emissions although recently I have read some literature on how the ozone layer is repairing itself already. What do we believe? I am not saying anything I have written is correct just repeating what I have read and heard.... so confusing!!!!!
Morrell1951 Chrisy
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wilmatm Chrisy
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