Do You Use Recycled Toilet Paper?
If Not, Why Not?
Did you know?
Forests in your toilet roll?
Here's another shot of reality. Every day, about 270,000 trees are flushed down the drain or end up as garbage all over the world.
In fact, every time you use a toilet roll or other tissue products you might be directly contributing to this environmental destruction.
So, what you are actually chosing in *Recycled Toilet Paper* is a high content of recycled material that is used to make the tissue, napkin or loo roll itself. Therefore, it is important to ensure that the tissue products you buy contain a high level of recycled content, by percentage.
If you care about this planet we call home, exercise your right as a consumer and buy tissue with high recycled content!
WWF examined the 5 leading tissue manufacturers in Europe on the basis of their recycling content, transparency and overall environmental responsibility. The idea was to give us, the consumers, a chance to differentiate between which products you buy. It also holds up a mirror to the tissue companies and shows them where they need to improve and where they cannot rip us (or the environment) off forever. Here is a quick chart of the findings:
Green: on the right track (60 to 100%)
Yellow: showing encouraging signs but still major issues to address (30 to 59%)
Red: need substantial improvement (0 to 29%)
You can read more about this initiative and its results <<here>>
Grist.org recently reviewed different brands of butt-wad made with various levels of recycled content. The perception of using recycled toilet paper is probably that it would not be unlike going all the way back to nature and using tree bark to clean the crack, but apparently one brand stands out above the rest.
Drum roll...
2 ply/ 400 sheets per roll/ 4.5"x4" sheet/ 200 sq. ft.
Cost : $3.99 for a 4-pack at Whole Foods (US).
Recycled content: 100 percent
Post-consumer recycled content: 80 percent minimum
Color: white (processed without chlorine)
Pattern: flowers
Absorbency: 4.1 out of 5 (9 reviewers)
Overall comfort: 4.4 out of 5 (9 reviewers)
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The planet is not worth it.
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I wonder how brown toilet paper would go in the market...?
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fog
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As for orble, it sure will take more than 2ply to clean up some of the crap that is being flung about the place.
Lilla ...
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Pass the recycled dunny roll...
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Me too, Having worked in Canberra in the sewerage section of the engineering world... I have seen all that solid matter scooped up for burning... no absorbancy whatsoever there, let me tell you... I doubt it would leave your bum that fresh either.
Pl;anet Ark are way ahead of you on the brown issue Foggy my friend, their paper is 100% recycled and is brown to boot (or as my boot)... I like it.
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The recycling seems a bit complicated.
You could always just take a bowl of water and soap.
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... such fond memories of easier times, in other climes ... no doubts about its efficiacy, although water can be short in some parts without tanks, too?
A conundrum which ever way you look at it?
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Yeah, you think this would be a first priority in the conservation stakes.
I guess it is up to the consumer to send the clear message that is needed to make it so?
I am surprised though by how many people still wont use recycled toilet paper becuase they believe it is old *dirty* toilet paper that has been washed and re~pupled... ewwww!
(or that recycled stuff scratches?)
Hope this post clears that up!
Lilla ...