{"id":252,"date":"2016-02-03T23:22:35","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T07:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/50.87.23.23\/?p=252"},"modified":"2020-11-21T02:50:48","modified_gmt":"2020-11-21T10:50:48","slug":"tissues-vs-the-hankybook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hankybook.com\/tissues-vs-the-hankybook\/","title":{"rendered":"Is the Handkerchief history?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u201cIt\u2019s 2016, why should I use a handkerchief<\/a>?\u201d<\/p>\n I hear this comment a lot. Many people point out their grandparents or parents used one, even that they grew up having to iron their parent’s hankies. But they fell out of favor. And fair enough, not everyone likes the idea.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n But there most certainly is a place for handkerchiefs in the 21st century. And I think the HankyBook is just the right form for it.<\/p>\n The second half of the 20th century was a golden age for disposable goods. Mounds of waste built up in landfills. Our oceans filled with plastic and paper that were used once and then thrown away. Today, 80% of everything we buy is used once and then discarded. Abandoned to an eternity of waste. Occupying space with no purpose. Poisoning land and water.<\/p>\n It doesn\u2019t need to be that way.<\/p>\n We can choose not to cut down millions of trees every year for facial tissues. We can choose not to use thousands of tissues for our allergies and colds, buying case after case of mostly virgin fiber paper and throwing it away.<\/p>\n We can choose to abandon these wasteful ways and find ourselves in a culture that values sustainability over disposability, reusing over repurchasing, long-term health over quick fixes, and real solutions over hi-tech gambles.<\/p>\nHandkerchief History<\/h1>\n
A Sustainable Change<\/h1>\n