Yep, another toilet paper thread...
"regional Victorian family has gone toilet paper-free for five years, and as a result have found themselves ahead of the curve when it comes to dealing with coronavirus panic-buying.
Meg Ulman and Patrick Jones, from Daylesford, now use a squat composting toilet and 'family cloths' — reusable wipes made from flannel.
They made the change when they realised the popular toilet paper delivery service they used manufactured their rolls in China.
The flannel is from a local op shop and has been going strong for five years.
After each wipe, the cloth is put into a bucket beside the toilet — with optional eucalyptus oil — and every five days to a week, the family cloth takes a spin in a front loader washing machine at maximum heat.
After being washed, the family cloth is dried on an outdoors clothes horse.
It is just one in a series of changes the couple has made over the course of a decade, including giving up shopping at supermarkets, giving up their car, and turning off the gas at home in favour of a wood heater.
"It's to save money; it's to save resources," Ms Ulman said."
Toilet paper panic buying has caused a range of problems around Australia, including environmental ones.
Plumbing problems occur when newspaper, baby wipes, kitchen paper, tissues and even tea towels are flushed as alternatives to toilet paper.
Australians have been warned they could end up with faeces on the bathroom floor if sewers continued to block up.
In eastern Victoria's Gippsland region, the number of sewer blockages has tripled since February.
"When it's blocked there's nowhere for what's coming into the system to go, so it can go back up into houses so none of those scenarios are good ones," Gippsland Water managing director Sarah Cumming said.
Ms Cumming said crews were finding all sorts of things in the fatbergs they dragged up out of the sewers — including underpants.
In south-east Melbourne, water authorities are also grappling with an increase in fatbergs, due to wet wipes, cotton balls, and rags blocking sewers.
You really could just use a spray bottle, wash yourself down and dry yourself with a reusable and rewashable cloth.
Then drop the cloth in a lidded bucket to soak before washing. Hang out in the sun to let the UV rays kill the bacteria.
I guess I probably won't be doing that while toilet paper is still readily available, though, lol.
@icyfroth wrote:Yep, another toilet paper thread...
"regional Victorian family has gone toilet paper-free for five years, and as a result have found themselves ahead of the curve when it comes to dealing with coronavirus panic-buying.
Meg Ulman and Patrick Jones, from Daylesford, now use a squat composting toilet and 'family cloths' — reusable wipes made from flannel.
They made the change when they realised the popular toilet paper delivery service they used manufactured their rolls in China.
The flannel is from a local op shop and has been going strong for five years.
After each wipe, the cloth is put into a bucket beside the toilet — with optional eucalyptus oil — and every five days to a week, the family cloth takes a spin in a front loader washing machine at maximum heat.
After being washed, the family cloth is dried on an outdoors clothes horse.
It is just one in a series of changes the couple has made over the course of a decade, including giving up shopping at supermarkets, giving up their car, and turning off the gas at home in favour of a wood heater.
"It's to save money; it's to save resources," Ms Ulman said."
Toilet paper panic buying has caused a range of problems around Australia, including environmental ones.
Plumbing problems occur when newspaper, baby wipes, kitchen paper, tissues and even tea towels are flushed as alternatives to toilet paper.
Australians have been warned they could end up with faeces on the bathroom floor if sewers continued to block up.
In eastern Victoria's Gippsland region, the number of sewer blockages has tripled since February.
"When it's blocked there's nowhere for what's coming into the system to go, so it can go back up into houses so none of those scenarios are good ones," Gippsland Water managing director Sarah Cumming said.
Ms Cumming said crews were finding all sorts of things in the fatbergs they dragged up out of the sewers — including underpants.
In south-east Melbourne, water authorities are also grappling with an increase in fatbergs, due to wet wipes, cotton balls, and rags blocking sewers.
You really could just use a spray bottle, wash yourself down and dry yourself with a reusable and rewashable cloth.
Then drop the cloth in a lidded bucket to soak before washing. Hang out in the sun to let the UV rays kill the bacteria.
I guess I probably won't be doing that while toilet paper is still readily available, though, lol.
Inspired by old-world cloth nappies for babies ?
@icyfroth wrote:Yep, another toilet paper thread...
And a repeat of a link in another thread (post 53).
https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/still-no-toot-paper/td-p/2304676/page/2
@rogespeed wrote:
@icyfroth wrote:Yep, another toilet paper thread...
"regional Victorian family has gone toilet paper-free for five years, and as a result have found themselves ahead of the curve when it comes to dealing with coronavirus panic-buying.
Meg Ulman and Patrick Jones, from Daylesford, now use a squat composting toilet and 'family cloths' — reusable wipes made from flannel.
They made the change when they realised the popular toilet paper delivery service they used manufactured their rolls in China.
The flannel is from a local op shop and has been going strong for five years.
After each wipe, the cloth is put into a bucket beside the toilet — with optional eucalyptus oil — and every five days to a week, the family cloth takes a spin in a front loader washing machine at maximum heat.
After being washed, the family cloth is dried on an outdoors clothes horse.
It is just one in a series of changes the couple has made over the course of a decade, including giving up shopping at supermarkets, giving up their car, and turning off the gas at home in favour of a wood heater.
"It's to save money; it's to save resources," Ms Ulman said."
Toilet paper panic buying has caused a range of problems around Australia, including environmental ones.
Plumbing problems occur when newspaper, baby wipes, kitchen paper, tissues and even tea towels are flushed as alternatives to toilet paper.
Australians have been warned they could end up with faeces on the bathroom floor if sewers continued to block up.
In eastern Victoria's Gippsland region, the number of sewer blockages has tripled since February.
"When it's blocked there's nowhere for what's coming into the system to go, so it can go back up into houses so none of those scenarios are good ones," Gippsland Water managing director Sarah Cumming said.
Ms Cumming said crews were finding all sorts of things in the fatbergs they dragged up out of the sewers — including underpants.
In south-east Melbourne, water authorities are also grappling with an increase in fatbergs, due to wet wipes, cotton balls, and rags blocking sewers.
You really could just use a spray bottle, wash yourself down and dry yourself with a reusable and rewashable cloth.
Then drop the cloth in a lidded bucket to soak before washing. Hang out in the sun to let the UV rays kill the bacteria.
I guess I probably won't be doing that while toilet paper is still readily available, though, lol.
Inspired by old-world cloth nappies for babies ?
It worked. Both my kids were in old-world cloth nappies and they are functional adult human beings.
Yeah it was a lot of washing at the time, but then again, it was kinder to the environment.
We had our kids toilet-trained before they were 18 months.
@go-tazz wrote:
@icyfroth wrote:Yep, another toilet paper thread...
And a repeat of a link in another thread (post 53).
https://community.ebay.com.au/t5/Community-Spirit/still-no-toot-paper/td-p/2304676/page/2
Good to see you're on top of all thread contents!
Keep up the good work!
