As you know, I gave up paper towels–at least until Easter. I was doing fine with regular dish cloths until I decided that the glass shower wall needed a good scrub. And suddenly, the dish clothes were just not cutting it. At all. I pondered whether it would be possible to go until Easter without washing the glass wall and decided that was just gross. So while my original intent was to prove that you could go with just regular towels and sponges, I decided that glass cleaning without paper towels would be a great test case.

I found, bought, tried & love “Twist” sponge cloths. They are much more absorbent than fiber cloths, but unlike regular sponges, they don’t streak or leave fuzz which makes them good for glass. The shower wall looks great—as do the tables, counters, windows, popcorn maker and stainless steel composter (I went a little overboard testing it out). They aren’t outrageous ($5.99 for 3 cloths). You can wash them in the dishwasher. But most importantly, each cloth can be used over 1,000 times (according to them. I’m up to about 35) which saves about 17 rolls of paper towels and if I can do math today–$69– assuming $1.50 per roll for the recycled ones.

So the glass issue is resolved. Now I just need a good idea for draining bacon…