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12:43 pm
QuoteI am currently running out of my q-tips and want to find them in non-plastic packaging. Seems like i am out of luck! I have looked around everywhere. Does anyone have any ideas or even what company to order online?
Thank you
So far I haven't found any without plastic. Even the organic ones come with in a cardboard box wrapped in plastic. You could try switching to a Japanese ear pick.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ear_pick
They come wrapped in plastic, but you only have to buy it once.
Oh, assuming you wanted to use them to clean your ears. I sometimes forget there are many other uses for Q tips.
7:43 am
August 29, 2011
OfflineYou could try this neat trick I saw a manicurist do once and which I've adapted - make your own! Take an orange stick (or the "back end" of a fine wooden artist's brush, which I use for eye shadow, so it's in my makeup drawer) and wrap/swirl it with a piece of a cotton ball. When finished, throw away the cotton part and re-use the stick. Cotton is available plastic free at the drugstore, and the orange stick/artist's brush at any crafts store.
10:58 am
I just stumbled across these and thought of this thread:
http://www.greenfeet.com/Cotto…..1-0000.htm
I haven't actually ordered from this company, but it says they're packed in recycled cardboard.
Julsie, that's potentially exciting. I just emailed Valerie from Greenfeet to see if the box contains any plastic. The organic Swisspers swabs come in a cardboard box, but it is shrink-wrapped in plastic.
9:51 pm
Totally check out the ear pick! J-list sells them. http://www.jlist.com/search/al…..ar_cleaner
I think they work better than Qtips because you scrape out gunk. Just be careful. Oh, they work best fresh out of the shower – I think ear gunk is softer then.
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