Can you recycle used paper towels?

Question

Can you recycle used paper towels?

Answer 1

Depends on how you want to "recycle" them. I agree with the first answerer, that alot of paper is already recycled, etc. I do recycle my paper toweling, depending on what I have used it for. If just to wipe up spills and messes on the counter or tables, I usually rinse the toweling out under the faucet, and hang in my laundry closet to dry on hangers. Then I reuse it , sometimes as a spill wiper-upper, or to polish my silver, or as a paint "rag". I have used it in paper mache projects, too. Only when the paper becomes too dirty, or too ragged, do I throw it in the paper garbage bag.

Answer 2

yes???

I am not sure

Answer 3

Yes, don't buy them. Use cloth towels, you can wash a lot of them in one wash cycle, using cold water. You can reuse the cloth towels over and over again for years. You will save a great deal of money and you will not be putting this waste into landfills.

Answer 4

Yes I burn them to heat my house.

Answer 5

No.  They often have high recycled fiber content and as fibers get shorter and shorter, the uses are more and more limited.

There is also concern about bacteria and such on these disposable products if not carefully handled.  

My recycling company doesn't accept towels or paper napkins as recycled paper.  

However, some companies will accept them as green waste and use them as mulch.  Check with your waste disposal system.

Answer 6

Hello

No we cant recycle more. Once the the paper Towels used, it losts all its fibre contents and lost it stipness.

so it is waste. The used paper towels can convert as manure with soil.

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