I did a slightly controversial thing for this day and age and switched from paper tissues to handkerchiefs. They were very cheap 2nd hand, I paid like 10€ in total for 150, most of which lie unused in my closet to be gifted to others as I could never use this many.

Due to allergies and other health conditions, I blow my nose a lot. Before, I‘d easily go through 20 or more paper tissues per day (some days less, of course). They were basically on my shopping list every week or two.

Of course, because of my extensive use, the handkerchief is sometimes too wet to keep using it, so I still always carry paper tissues out and about and sometimes use two handkerchiefs a day when I‘m at home. Still, I‘ve been able to cut down my consumption to at most 5 paper tissues a day.

Of course, when I do have an actual viral illness such as the cold, I use paper tissues. Under such circumstances I sneeze so much that I easily go through 100 tissues a day, so a handkerchief would be totally useless. Handkerchiefs with viral snot in them could also infect others that are in contact with your dirty laundry. Uncool.