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Introducing the Full Line of PeopleTowels Products!

Paperless Kitchen is pleased to announce that we've recently expanded our collection of PeopleTowels! Since we launched our site, these handy organic cotton towels have been one of our best sellers, so we have decided to now carry the brand's complete line!

If you haven't yet discovered our PeopleTowels range, here's the scoop on the brand. All of the PeopleTowels are:

- 100 percent certified organic towels printed with low-impact ink

- 9 inches by 9 inches in size, designed for hand-drying but perfect for tons of other uses

- Adorned with colorful, vibrant designs that honor everything from Earth Day to pets

- Machine washable and reusable

- Outfitted with a loop in one corner for hanging

- Eco-friendly alternatives to paper towels

Paperless Kitchen sells PeopleTowels in one, two, three and five-day supplies. We also have a family pack that includes 12 towels. You can even find PeopleTowels in our Paperless Kitchen Starter Kit and Paperless Kitchen Party Kit.

Here are some of our favorite designs - let us know what you think!

We hope you'll enjoy checking out all the new PeopleTowels products on our site and that they help you establish your paperless kitchen.

Introducing Paperless Kitchen Kits! Making it Easier to Go Paperless in Your Home!

At Paperless Kitchen, we're always looking for ways to make it easier to go green and eliminate paper from our kitchens. During our own attempts to decrease our eco footprints, we've tried out the products that we carry and have realized that many of them work together. That gave us the idea to offer a simple way to set up a paperless kitchen--Paperless Kitchen kits.

Paperless Kitchen kits contain sustainable kitchen products and paper towel alternatives grouped together and sold at a discounted price. To start, we've introduced three Paperless Kitchen kits:

- Paperless Kitchen Starter Kit - Designed as an introductory package for those just beginning to add paper towel alternatives to their kitchens, this kit contains 5 SKOY towels, one PeopleTowels Reusable Hand Towel and one roll of the Bambooee Bamboo Towels. Priced at just $24, the kit is 30 percent off the price of purchasing the products separately.

- Paperless Kitchen Go Paperless Kit - This kit brings together 5 SKOY Cloths, a 6-pack of Full Circle Cellulose Cleaning Cloths and a Twist Loofah Sponge. Priced at just $34, this set is excellent for expanding your green cleaning products beyond basic paper towel replacements.

- Paperless Kitchen Party Kit - With this set, you'll get everything you need to set a green table for a party of eight and wipe it up when the party's over. Available for the low price of just $46, the kit includes the PeopleTowels 3 Day Supply, 8 Bambu Bamboo Veneerware Plates and the Bambu Veneerware Utensils Pack.

You’ll also enjoy free shipping when you purchase any of our kits or any of our other green cleaning products, sustainable kitchen products and paper towel alternatives.

Announcing Free Shipping on All Orders - PaperlessKitchen Steps Up its Game!

Since we launched Paperless Kitchen earlier this year, we've received a lot of feedback about our sustainable kitchen products and paper towel alternatives collection. One thing that we keep hearing again and again is that while our prices are competitive and our selection is great, paying shipping costs discourages prospective customers from buying from us. We want to thank everyone who has taken the time to contact us and let you know that we're listening.

In fact, we're pleased to announce that we are no longer charging shipping on orders from Paperless Kitchen.

Our new free shipping program is available on all purchases made in the US, regardless of their size, weight or dollar amount. This is not a special promotion that will be here today and gone tomorrow. With the current state of our economy, every penny saved helps, and our free shipping policy not only will save you on your orders with us, but will also spare you a trip to a brick and mortar store to purchase the paper towels, plastic silverware and cleaning supplies that you’re currently using.

When we launched Paperless Kitchen, we did so to help others protect the planet, and we hope that our free shipping program will help more people be able to do just that. Please help us spread the word about this exciting change at Paperless Kitchen by sharing this blog post with friends and family.

Shake and Fold - The New Environmental Dance

I've always been a big fan of TEDTalks, they provide great insight into the research and findings of some of the smartest people in the world. Rarely though are they funny, informative and related to something inside your home and office.  I just stumbled onto a TedTalk, however, that was all three.  Joe Smith, an Oregon based activist, delivered a Ted Talk that seems shockingly obvious but has real world implications that are ignored by most of us. In his lecture, which can be seen here, Joe teaches the audience how to properly use a paper towel. You might ask...really?

Yes, it might seem like the speaker is talking down to his audience like they are a group of school children who need to be taught how to go to the bathroom. But the logic behind him showing his overwhelmingly simple technique, Shake and Fold, is sound.  Americans currently use 13 billion paper towels every year. If every American cut back on paper towel use by one towel a day for an entire year, collectively as a nation the US would save 571 million pounds of paper annually.  Those numbers are shocking enough for everyone to take part in Joe Smith's comically obvious approach to drying your hands with paper towels. Shake them first. Fold your single paper towel. Wipe your hands completely dry.  Shake and Fold - it's that easy.  

I found this infographic which outlines Joe Smith's technique and the numbers supporting his environmental dance moves.  

Does anyone else have a better technique that will save millions of pounds of paper a year?

Welcome to PaperlessKitchen.com!

We are excited to open our doors and welcome everyone to our online store.  In our store, you will find products meant to replace paper towels, synthetic nylon scrubbers, paper napkins and similar items used to clean and maintain the kitchen.  On this blog, we will provide regular coverage of industry news, review new products, showcase exclusive deals on the site, explore the relevant environmental news of the day, give some cleaning tips and share the fun stuff that we find across the internet.  We look forward to your feedback!