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Save on toilet roll (Women only) save £70 a year with wipes
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noodlecatmum
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I got so annoyed by not being able to buy recycled toilet paper in paper (not plastic) wrapping, that I made my own from old brushed cotton sheets.
I'm using 20cm squares for wee ONLY and just adding them to the normal wash. I am buying toilet paper so seldom now and I worked out that it's saving me about £70 a year.
It started as an experiment but has worked so well!
You need a small container next to the loo to put the used ones in (no, they don't smell).
I fold them in neat squares and stack on top of the loo.
Also excellent for camper vans as it saves your toilet cassette filling up as quickly, thus also saving on toilet cassette liquid.
I've been doing this since covid...
I'm using 20cm squares for wee ONLY and just adding them to the normal wash. I am buying toilet paper so seldom now and I worked out that it's saving me about £70 a year.
It started as an experiment but has worked so well!
You need a small container next to the loo to put the used ones in (no, they don't smell).
I fold them in neat squares and stack on top of the loo.
Also excellent for camper vans as it saves your toilet cassette filling up as quickly, thus also saving on toilet cassette liquid.
I've been doing this since covid...
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Wondering why this applies to women only. Some men must use paper to tidy after having a wee. Or might want to implement/suggest this system for the women in their lives.I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Debt Free Wannabe, Old Style Money Saving and Pensions boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
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Sainsbury's toilet rolls now come in paper packaging. Hopefully, others will follow their lead.#2 Saving for Christmas 2024 - £1 a day challenge. £325 of £3660
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why wee only? Toilet cloths are hardly new been about long before toilet paper was invented. Much better environmentally and financially. You are actually flushing money - bog roll - away.noodlecatmum said:I got so annoyed by not being able to buy recycled toilet paper in paper (not plastic) wrapping, that I made my own from old brushed cotton sheets.
I'm using 20cm squares for wee ONLY.
I like the long handled watering can too. Sometimes known as lota or bodna,
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I order my toilet paper online from Who Gives a Crap. Each roll is wrapped in pretty coloured paper and they encourage reusing the wrappers. At the bottom of the box there are even a couple of rolls wrapped in red paper with "emergency last roll" written on it to remind you to order more.Barnsley, South Yorkshire
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You can get paper wrapped toilet paper like https://uk.whogivesacrap.org/
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Google "personal portable bidet" - a small bottle with an angled sprayer. Use it with warm water and a squirt of liquid soap and you just use the cloths to dry off.
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There isn't any additional washing; I just put the cloths in with whatever other wash I'm doing.
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I just thought more women are using more toilet paper for wee, than men are. Of course men can use them too, if they want to!Brie said:Wondering why this applies to women only. Some men must use paper to tidy after having a wee. Or might want to implement/suggest this system for the women in their lives.0
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