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Toilet paper is getting less sustainable, researchers warn
The Guardian ^ | 07/06/2019 | Rebecca Smithers

Posted on 07/06/2019 8:03:03 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind

oh yay- ban on toilet paper- so every street in every city and town can look like LA


41 posted on 07/06/2019 8:39:45 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: susannah59

250 years old. I have cut trees myself that I counted the rings at over 250 years old.

They were so nasty that they couldnt be used for anything but pulpwood. Way past their prime.

Marquette Range Northern Red Oak.


42 posted on 07/06/2019 8:41:12 PM PDT by crz
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To: blueunicorn6

[[I’d like to meet these people who use toilet paper over and over.]]

Some of them are foreign chefs and waiters-


43 posted on 07/06/2019 8:41:39 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: SeekAndFind
nine major supermarkets (the Co-op, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose) offered own-brand recycled toilet paper

I hope they mean toilet paper produced from other non-toilet paper sources.

44 posted on 07/06/2019 8:42:57 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: blueunicorn6

oh wait- i meant some foreign chefs and waiters don’t use any toilet paper- dude in Cali who ran a restaurant was busted for it- fecal matter was found in the food if i remember correctly-


45 posted on 07/06/2019 8:43:09 PM PDT by Bob434
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To: SeekAndFind

46 posted on 07/06/2019 8:43:38 PM PDT by TADSLOS (You know why you can enjoy a day at the Zoo? Because walls work.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Nonsense, just switch to hemp paper from pulp paper.

Hemp paper is soft and silky, and in a production of scale is a lot cheaper than pulp paper. Plus, it means that wood can instead be used for higher value products, like lumber.


47 posted on 07/06/2019 8:58:36 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("I'm mad, y'all" -- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez)
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To: Veto!

Indians too


48 posted on 07/06/2019 8:58:39 PM PDT by gcparent (Justice Brett Kavanaugh)
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To: Veto!

Indians too


49 posted on 07/06/2019 8:58:40 PM PDT by gcparent (Justice Brett Kavanaugh)
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To: ptsal

Yep. And bidets.


50 posted on 07/06/2019 9:01:59 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: SeekAndFind

Break out the corn cobs.


51 posted on 07/06/2019 9:13:51 PM PDT by beethovenfan (Mene, Mene, Tekel, Upharsin)
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To: dp0622
It mentioned Swedish forests


52 posted on 07/06/2019 9:17:14 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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To: SeekAndFind
Sheryl was just ahead of the curve...
53 posted on 07/06/2019 9:42:09 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: SeekAndFind

FFS, it LITERALLY GROWS IN TREES, YOU IDIOTS!


54 posted on 07/06/2019 9:44:00 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: Innovative

Today in the USA are more forests than when the white man landed on this continent. This is due to “managed forestry” by companies that do this for profit. I do not see a problem.

We have more forests today because we put out forest fires. This did not happen 200 years ago! The forests just burned until the fires were finished by nature.


55 posted on 07/06/2019 9:49:13 PM PDT by cpdiii ( canecutter, deckhand, roughneck, geologist, pilot, pharmacist THE CONSTITUTION IS WORTH DYING FOR)
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To: libstripper

TMI! You could have limited your post to the following, and we would have gotten ALL the info we needed:

“About a year ago I finally 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...” I

Learn to edit. Please. FReegards. ;)


56 posted on 07/06/2019 10:01:10 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Innovative
So, PLANT TREES!

as a former sales rep of the world's best wood pulp for tissue (from Canadian black spruce), I can assure the writer that forests are re-planted.

The forests are owned by the province (in Canada) and leased to companies for management. There are very strict rules for forest management by the province and by organizations like FSC and SFI that set sustainabiliy standards. Abuse those and loose your lease.

THe other thing the province does is specify how much can be cut per year. That also includes too little cut (reduces revenue from the land). Again, a license/lease can be lost if not managed well.

57 posted on 07/06/2019 10:03:13 PM PDT by llevrok (Vote, while it is still legal!)
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To: MulberryDraw
Is this saying the average Brit goes through a roll in less than 3 days?

My wife in 2 days. Me? About 7 days

58 posted on 07/06/2019 10:06:20 PM PDT by llevrok (Vote, while it is still legal!)
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To: Fiddlstix

“So.....Forget toilet paper....
Get yourself a bidet..... “

Or if we wait long enough, the Muslim “takover” will mandate wiping our butts with our own hand!


59 posted on 07/06/2019 10:14:13 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: libstripper

“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.”

Very true! We’ve had one in every home we’ve owned. You are never “clean” unless you wash yourself. And the Japanese are way ahead of the game with bidet/toilets. I’ve seen and used their offerings and they have what amounts to a hand held calculator to manage all the device’s “functions,” including the “target acquisition system.”


60 posted on 07/06/2019 10:18:12 PM PDT by vette6387
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