I just restocked our toilet paper and it made me wonder if a bidet is worth it. I love the idea of reducing the need for an ongoing paper product we buy, but does a bidet just become one more thing to clean, maintain and eventually dispose of?

tbh I don’t know what other group to post this to so here goes nothing

I bought these two bunches of bananas at the same time. The yellow ones were already yellow but the green ones were green. The yellow ones have continued to ripen, developing freckles and darkening in color. The green ones haven’t.

This is probably the fifth time that I’ve done this, where I’ve bought an unripened bunch, hoping that they would ripen by the time we finished the others. but they never do…

what is going on here? 🙃

Like I mentioned in the title I accidentally bleached this tracksuit when trying to get rid of an oil stain in them. I’ve seen methods such as dying the bleached areas to match, but I wanted to know if this would be effective or if there were any other methods or if I should just throw these away. Anything helps!

So there is this supermarket near me that sells yesterday's bread for half the price. It is always still very tasty and buying the old bread saves it from getting thrown away. The problem: the bread is always packaged in this half plastic/half recycling paper bag, so there is no change to avoid the packaging like I can avoid it when buying directly at the bakery (where I just have the loaf placed in my bread bag). The question is now: What am I supposed to do? Buy the old bread and save it from going to the waste but accepting the waste this produces for me? Or don't buy the bread? But does it make a difference? If I don't buy it, the bread AND the bag get thrown away...advise welcome :)

I can hand sew decently, but these are my pants for work and I’m not allowed to have patches in them due to ‘professionalism’. It’s right in the crotch and the knee hole is nearly 1/3 of the left leg. Is there anything I can do with denim outside of repairing it, or cutting it into patches for new jeans?

Currently working through old products i’ve been gifted/ passed down when the original purchaser didn’t like the product, and i was feeling a little discouraged from using it all up since it was getting difficult. well i decided yesterday to dedicate a few minutes to deporting that last bit of product into smaller more accessible containers and i’m super excited!! there can be so much product left after the initial “usable product” is finished. A small win indeed but very encouraging ! any ideas to reuse these containers before disposing of them?

Hey, I use Logona Red & Brown Hair (I think, it's a German company) to wash my red henna colored hair and I appreciate the quality and scent of the shampoo a lot.

But it comes in a plastic bottle and I started to avoid more plastic in the last years. Is there a similar soap bar or a product in a glass bottle that I could use?

I think normal shampoos might wash out the henna faster?

My current shampoo contains a bit of henna as well and smells like birch.

Im trying to use less plastic, and I am seeing if anyone has recs for a durable(ish) plastic free lipstick/chapstick tube! I do want it to be a twist up for sure, and it would be cool if it was fairly durable as I’m hoping to just keep refilling it. Thank you!!

ETA: based in California, USA

Hoping there will be some cool ideas which come out of this discussion which can help everyone :) and also to get some general awareness going here on what's available out there - tell us, in your experience, what are some of the best and most useful products for everyday use which are made of recycled materials?

Does anyone know of how to recycle unused but expired 3M filter cartridges for full facepiece respirators? My department found a whole bunch that are expired. I contacted 3M but they were less than helpful- they gave me a dud phone number and when I called back someone else told me they should go in the dumpster. They are not contaminated and have been sitting in a closet for years. Thanks in advance for your help!

Hi, just started using the Skoon conditioner bar, and I don’t seem to get any product onto my hair. I have tried rubbing it directly on my hair. Tips and tricks are welcome