# Handkerchief - Save the planet and your money

One article I read states that we cut down 27,000 trees every day to 
satisfy our need for tissues. [1]

Personally I have an allergy to dust and find that many, if not all,
paper tissues release dust which made my symptoms worse!


## The cost

On average we pay between 1.00 and 1.75 GBP per box of tissues which 
contain between 64 and 72 sheets. With two adults in our household we
were using around 2 boxes every 3 weeks. That's 35 boxes per year and
a minimum of 35 GBP spent on just tissues.

Then of course there's the cost to the environment, 27,000 trees per
day! I can't even begin to imagine that, but what I can imagine is
how long those trees took to grow...


## Conclusion

Before we were all carried away on the convenient disposable
lifestyle, we used handkerchiefs. These would be thrown in with the 
normal clothes washing when they became dirty and reused. 

Back in the day things were sustainable through necessity, now there 
is a necessity for us to live sustainably and with the cost of living
increasing as it is, more frugally.

Buy yourself some good quality handkerchiefs!


[1](https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/27000-trees-cut-down-every-20858878)