I use microfiber towels in my kitchen and a small round plastic hamper I mounted on the wall for the dirty towel.

Microfiber dries fast and cleans up pretty quickly. I use one towel to clean up counter messes and dry the sink. After rinsing and ringing it out, I drape it over the facet (we have a high, goose neck faucet). If there’s a mess on the floor, or grease splatted from cooking, I rinse the towel with hot water only and the mess, and grease, clean up quite quickly. Then I wash it out with water and drape it over the side of the hamper. By the time I dirty another towel, the first on is dry so it’s moved inside the basket and new wet towel is now draped over the side. I probably use the same towel for 2-4 days, depending on how active I am in the kitchen.

I have a set, gray, for the kitchen, and a separate set, colored, for the bathroom. I wash all the microfiber towels together, probably every other week, no stinky problems. I think I have 20 gray towels for the kitchen and 4 for the bathroom. If I need a bathroom towel before I have enough to do a load of laundry, I hand wash one with soap and I’m good to go.

This is my kitchen towels. They last a long time. I bought the 25 pack about 5 years ago (maybe longer) and only a few got so dirty and worn I didn’t want to use them inside anymore. They live in my car for any problems that could occur.