A few months ago my sister crocheted me a few dish cloths to use instead of the green plastic dish scrubbies. I had asked her about making them for us to sell, but as she has carpel tunnel in her wrists, she could only make a few at a time.
But I found this info today on Greenhab;
These little bamboo pot scrubbers are only $1.95 at Green Feet! They have lots of cool stuff actually – bamboo utensils that would make great stocking stuffers, glasses made from recycled bottles, and much more.
And I found these dish cloths at Sassy Joy on Etsy and was lucky enough to get 3 for $4.50 during her grand reopening sale. Normally they are 3 for $9. They’re really gorgeous and high-quality. I almost hate to clean a dirty dish with them!

Poor packaging design and ridiculous examples of over-packaging come in all shapes and sizes, but it doesn’t get much worse than these individually-wrapped bananas, complete with plastic shrink-wrap and (very non-biodegradable) polystyrene, spied in a U.K. grocery store.
See the slide show on TreeHugger.
What you can do;
Make or buy muslin bags for produce.
I made shopping bags out of old silk clothing; it’s very strong, but folds up very small, so I can keep one in my purse.
A nutrition client of mine lost 85 pounds, she was kind enough to give me some old, beautiful linen dresses, they made awesome shopping bags. I incorporated some of the pleats and embroidery that was part of the clothing;
As if you need more reasons to ditch BPA… YourTotalHealth.com reported today:
"The latest study, from Harvard School of Public Health, shows just how quickly the compound goes from bottles to bodies. College students drank from hard plastic polycarbonate bottles made with BPA. Levels of the compound in urine rose by two thirds in a week"
Read more here. (Then go check the plastics still in your cupboards.)
Use glass to store food in; Pyrex with BPA free plastic tops are my fave, stainless steel is great. Don’t buy food in cans or plastic bottles!