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Blowing your nose might be doing more than clearing your sinuses. It might be destroying Canada's old-growth forests. When you pick up a tissue to stop that runny nose, you could be wiping your nose with an ancient forest. That 'snot very cool. Puns aside, there is a very simple solution to this problem.
Give up those tissues and carry around a handkerchief. You can even learn to fold it so you can carry it around in your jacket pocket. Men, you'll look like studs and everyone will know that you care about the environment. Women, you can drop the hankies coquettishly in order to renew an outdated and hard-to-understand courtship ritual. Just don't wear the kerchief around your neck. You'll end up looking like a dog named Chance or Bandit.
It might be wisest to buy a handkerchief for every day of the week, then wash all of the hankies when you do your laundry. This will keep them from getting disgustingly dirty, therefore, making it more likely that you'll continue using kerchiefs.
When you catch a cold, however, you may want to switch back to paper facial tissues. In times of health, your nose doesn't really generate a whole lot of germage, even if you do blow your nose a few times a day. Inversely, you produce copious amounts of germs when you are sick. It might be best to switch to 100% recycled tissue during an illness. Seventh Generation, Fluff Out, Green Forest, Hankies and Marcal are all tissue brands that use recycled material.
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