Surely there had to be a better way.
To find out, Lifehacker spoke with several environmental experts.
Simply ensure reusable items are washed or disinfected thoroughly in between uses, he tells Lifehacker.
Otherwise, heres information onhow to sanitize dirty disheswhen youre washing them by hand.
Many people are surprised to learn that running the dishwasher actually uses less water than washing dishes by hand.
Mazel tov on grabbing the last pack of English muffins, but what now?
Heresa handy guidebreaking down what you could and cant freeze.
As we just mentioned, your freezer is a great way to avoid that.
But wait, theres more.
Utilize rags to clean up instead of using paper towels.
Keep an easily cleanable, sealable hamper around to store rags once used.
When washing, use hot water and a CDC-approved sanitizing agentlike bleachto prevent cross-contamination.
Many popular cleansers are not [CDC-approved].
She recently purchased 200 of these rejected hotel clothes and towels for around $20 on ebay.
Or if you have a bidet still sitting in a box, install that puppy already!
With all the panic-buying of toilet paper thats been happening, bidet searches and salesare surging.
In fact, sales of one attachable bidetTUSHYare 10 times what they were before the current toilet paper shortages.
But if were able to make a switch or two, that could add up.
