Cleaning your brushes

We all know that buying disposable products adds not only many dollars to our grocery bill but also to our carbon emissions.  Luckily, disposing of disposables is quite easy once you set your mind to it.  Many of us here cut up old towels, sheets etc for rags and dishcloths.  Many of us knit dishcloths.  We can use newspaper to wipe out frying pans, then wash the pan, instead of using paper