I started making these Handmade Cloth Napkins and Un-Paper Towels for our family last spring and I honestly cannot tell you the last time I purchased the paper equivalents at the grocery store! With ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Microfiber cloths—soft, absorbent, economical—are often a preferable alternative to using and throwing away a heap of paper towels. But not every time ...

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Many of us strive to reduce our use of cleaning products that end up in the garbage can and sometimes seem to soak up more money than filth. But paper towels are hard to give up. They’re cheap, ...

A thin towel that expands into a jelly-like blob can absorb liquids three times as well as paper or cloth-based products. Hydrogels – meshes of long molecules linked together in a network – can absorb ...