Re: Commonhouse bathroom towel query
From: Joanie Connors (jvcphdgmail.com)
Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2010 14:25:55 -0800 (PST)
White shop towels, sold by the dozen in discount stores.

On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Kristin Wells <cbuilderdd [at] gmail.com> 
wrote:
>
> I love this idea and was thinking of it myself. Washcloths work well too or 
> cloth baby wipes, which can be picked up pretty inexpesively if you dont have 
> someone wanting to sew these.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alison Etter <alison.s.etter [at] gmail.com>
> Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 1:28 PM
> To: Cohousing-L <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
> Subject: Re: [C-L]_ Commonhouse bathroom towel query
>
>
> Muriel - We  have a system that works fairly well.  We have two baskets on
> the counter.  One is for clean 'towels' and the other is for 'used' ones.
> However, the towels I am speaking of are tiny.  Someone has gone to the
> trouble of edging many small pieces about 6" X 6".  Then they are collected
> and thrown in with the rest of the common house laundry after meals.
> Therefore, they are only used once.  Would that solve the germ problem for
> you?  Alison
>
> On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Ruth Hirsch <heidinys [at] earthlink.net> 
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Ok,  here is the situation for which we'd like your input:
>> We've realized that we are using paper towels at an amazing rate in
>> our CommonHouse.  Some of us consider them a resource to be used
>> seldom as possible, and would like to decrease the waste.
>> We think that lots of paper towels are inadvertently pulled off the
>> roll in the bathroom--- if you give a pull, it unravels lots of p
>> towels, and easy for younger folks to have this happen.
>>
>> So we are wanting an alternative asap.
>> Please let us know what you use in your CH bathrooms!   HealthCare
>> professionals here have nixed the idea of cloth towels.
>> Is there something to dispense rolls of towels one at a time?
>> a more commercial p towel dispenser?
>> An air drier would be great--- though a good one likely over our
>> financial heads.
>>
>> Hope to hear from you with details:  type/brand name/item number/
>> approx cost/sources....
>>
>> thank you
>>
>> Ruth
>>
>> Cantines Island
>> Saugerties, NY
>>
>>
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