{"id":20635,"date":"2021-11-09T21:04:40","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T21:04:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alternatech.net\/?p=20635"},"modified":"2021-11-09T21:04:41","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T21:04:41","slug":"how-to-easily-make-homemade-handkerchiefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/how-to-easily-make-homemade-handkerchiefs\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Easily Make Homemade Handkerchiefs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Far from being unhygienic (as many of us have been led to believe), handkerchiefs are great, eco-friendly options that are as kind to your skin as they are to the planet.\n

Let\u2019s learn a bit more about them, and how to make them easily at home!\n

Why Did People Stop Carrying Handkerchiefs?\n

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Kleenex tissues were invented in the early 1920s. They were created as a means of removing cold cream, but the marketers soon came to an epiphany. Instead of being used primarily by women, these disposable cloths were popular with men too. People were using them to blow their noses instead of solely relying on handkerchiefs.\n

As a result, the Kleenex company developed a slogan to convince people that handkerchiefs were unhygienic. Adverts with the slogan \u201cDon\u2019t put a cold in your pocket!\u201d were on almost every radio station and in practically every magazine. This fearmongering tactic worked wonders. Within 30 years, more people were using disposable tissues than handkerchiefs.\n

You can imagine how much money that company has made since instilling this paranoia?\n

Because of this message, many people have been inundated with the idea that handkerchiefs are unhygienic. After all, you can throw a tissue into a magical garbage bin as soon as you use it. This rids you of germ-laden sinus drippings immediately.\n

In contrast, you\u2019d carry a used handkerchief around with you until you get home. Make sense?\n

Benefits of Handkerchiefs Over Tissues\n

We now live in an era where people are acutely aware of the need for sustainability and eco-friendly living. As a result, we\u2019re all more aware of the far-reaching impact that our daily choices have on the world as a whole.\n

Consider how many trees are cut down to make disposable tissues. And how much water is needed to process them! According to Dr. Yu, founder of World Green International, \u201c17 trees will have to be cut down, and 20,000 gallons of water is contaminated to produce a ton of tissue paper.\u201d\n

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The average daily tissue consumption for a single city is over 600 tons. And that\u2019s just one city, using over 11,000 trees and about 12 million gallons of water for the sake of disposable tissues.\n

We can do better than this.\n

Now add to that the fact that these tissues are full of all kinds of less-than-wonderful chemicals. Most tissues contain amounts of petrochemicals, formaldehyde, and chlorine bleach. These can do a lot of damage to your skin, and the body absorbs them more easily through broken skin.\n

In contrast, cotton handkerchiefs are gentle to adult and child skin alike. Furthermore, the only chemicals in them will be via your choice of laundry detergent.\n

The key to better handkerchief hygiene isn\u2019t a matter of disposability. Rather, we need to keep used hankies from contaminating everything else until we can wash them.\n

Fortunately, there\u2019s an easy fix for this. Cloth menstrual pads and diapers come with leak-proof carrying bags. Get yourself some waterproof storage bags for your handkerchiefs as well, and you\u2019re good to go!\n

How to Make Homemade Handkerchiefs\n

Break out the sewing machine and cloth. We\u2019re diving in!\n

What You\u2019ll Need:\n