Official; the world's gone mad!

[_rubinho_]

Or at least some of it:

It's deep into cold season and we're using loads of them. But how should we dispose of paper hankies?

What's the green way to dispose of tissues?

Jo Boxer said it best in the comments with "Chuck 'em in the bin and get on with your lives!"

Is this where eco-mentalism is going?

[soad]

Interesting read - i bin mine and forget about them. What else can one do? Recycle them aswell? Surely not...

[Size Nine Elm]

I hand wash mine in re-used rainwater from the roof, dry them in a fair-trade African thorn-tree hut, and fold them back into a recycled cornflake box.

[robinhood21]

article said:

Chuck them on the fire.

Chuck them on the fire! Whats wrong with chucking them in the washing machine on a delicate wash and reuse?

[grumbledoak]

_rubinho_ said:

Is this where eco-mentalism is going?

This eco-rubbish isn't based on science, or even rational thought. It is somewhere between a new religion, the howlings of a lunatic, and the thoughts of the dribblingly thick. There is no end in sight, and seemingly nothing is too small to wring your hands over. You can almost smell the guilt.

[Groober]

Size Nine Elm said:

I hand wash mine in re-used rainwater from the roof, dry them in a fair-trade African thorn-tree hut, and fold them back into a recycled cornflake box.

I thought thats what everybody does?

[Kit80]

Use your sleeve. See I can cure climate change. .

[soad]

Kit80 said:

Use your sleeve.

Never (okay, i done it as a child) - what about the dreadful stains a runny nose leaves on clothing? Hardly a good look.

[V8mate]

Kit80 said:

Use your sleeve. See I can cure climate change. .

Even better, use someone else's sleeve!

[Kit80]

soad said:

Kit80 said:

Use your sleeve.

Never (okay, i done it as a child) - what about the dreadful stains a runny nose leaves on clothing? Hardly a good look.

I like the crusty look.

[Elskeggso]

Deluded moron said:

rose litle wrote:
Put them on the fire......what do you think happens when things are burn? They just disappear? its basic physics you learn as a small child, it just changes form. So burning will release he C02. So Advice to burn is not the answer to waste disposal Kieran Cook. Not that I do have the answer!

Burning paper, or anything that is made from a tree, is "carbon neutral" (not that I give a st). Any carbon dioxide that is emitted is equal to the amount the tree absorbed when it was alive.

[Elskeggso]

Christ, after reading the comments and the amount of recommendations each one gets, why do so many people give a st about the disposal of tissues, or even buying them in the first place?

[_rubinho_]

Groober said:

Size Nine Elm said:

I hand wash mine in re-used rainwater from the roof, dry them in a fair-trade African thorn-tree hut, and fold them back into a recycled cornflake box.

I thought thats what everybody does?

+1, who doesn't?