Posted on 07/06/2019 8:03:03 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Toilet paper the one product that the majority of us use just once and flush away is becoming less sustainable, according to research.
Analysis from Ethical Consumer magazine found that major brands were using less recycled paper than in 2011, while only five of the nine major supermarkets (the Co-op, Morrisons, Sainsburys, Tesco and Waitrose) offered own-brand recycled toilet paper. The large-scale use of virgin paper contributes to unnecessary deforestation.
The UK uses 1.3m tonnes of tissue a year, according to the Confederation of Paper Industries, with the average British consumer reportedly getting through 127 rolls every year. But the growing trend for luxury four-ply and quilted toilet roll is fuelling the use of virgin pulp in an effort to create the softest product, the study claims.
There is no need to cut down forests to make toilet roll, yet this is precisely what is happening, said Alex Crumbie, a researcher for Ethical Consumer. With consumer attention focused on plastic, some of the big brands have slowed and even reversed their use of recycled paper in the toilet rolls they make.
The study singles out Kimberly-Clark, one of the biggest suppliers of toilet tissue worldwide. The proportion of recycled wood pulp used by the company has fallen over the years. In 2011, just under 30% of the total fibre used was recycled, but by 2017 this figure had fallen to 23.5%. Its popular Andrex brand used to offer a recycled/bamboo range but this was discontinued in 2015.
A 2017 Greenpeace report warned that large parts of Swedens Great Northern Forest, and the biodiversity contained within it, were under threat from the timber industrys growing demand for virgin wood.
The new research flags to consumers that the chemicals used in the production of recycled paper are far less toxic
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It’s all Big Pulp’s fault.
“The large-scale use of virgin paper contributes to unnecessary deforestation. “
So, PLANT TREES!
What idiots.
Someone ought to tell that dimwit Sheryl Crow she cant use her one square anymore.
Muslims never give you their left hand, it’s for wiping their butts. You want to start WW3, just shake hands with your left.
As illustrated in Venezuela, one of the triumphs of socialism is that the problem of lack of toilet paper is diminished by the lack of food.
Trees are sustainable sources of toilet paper.
Dont most people put their used toilet paper in with the weekly recyclables?
The majority of us use just once
Id like to meet these people who use toilet paper over and over.
I wouldnt shake hands with them, though.
Well, once they have us deplorables eating maggots, perhaps we wont continue to consider toilet paper a necessity.
We will have to learn how to use thw three shells
Trees are a agriculture crop.
Here is a dirty little secret. It cost more energy to recycle paper- someone has to collect it, process it, etc.... . However, almost all trees in America that is cut for paper was planted to be paper. Also since paper is biodegradable, put it in the landfill.
We had a Biden for eight years and it seems like he left a lot of crap.
The Guardian will be pleased to know their trash is posted here.
What a load of .. wait for it ... Crap.
Pulpwood trees are a renewable resource. It’s less expensive than recycling. They try to make it sound like we’re cutting down ancient Redwoods or something.
Toilet paper is getting less sustainable, researchers warn
Where’s the research report so I can wipe....
Er, forget it.
Family friendly site.
Oh noes!!!
OK, I’m going to get really gross and personal now, but not obscene, so stop reading if you think you’ll be offended.
I was born with a somewhat irregularly shaped anal orifice that has always required more cleaning, toilet paper, and cleansing wipes consumption than the Greenies would appreciate. About a year ago I finally got sick of all that and installed a bidet on one of my toilets for about $100. WONDER, JOY, AND GLORY it solved most of my intimate cleansing problem, eliminated all my use of toilet paper and much of my use of the wipes. When its stream hits the perfect spot, it feels like I just blasted myself with a mini pressure washer.
Moral of the story: if you want to get really clean and drastically reduce TP use get a bidet. BTW I’m a man and this applies as well, or better, to most women.
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