Toilet paper going tubeless in push to reduce waste

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[stayathomemom]

The Kindergarten teacher at our school used them for the classroom gerbils to chew on. They created their own bedding.

[Izzy Dunne]

Just exactly what can you do with a used toilet paper tube?

Sheesh - can you use your imagination?

I use them to start fires (heat with woodstoves).

Tie a long string on one and give it to a puppy or kitten.

Tape 10 or 12 together and make a cannon.

Store extension cords (coiled up).

Seed starter pots for gardening.

More ideas

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Oh noes!!! Without the tube, how will we know which end to pull on? I mean, do you pull it out from the center like a kleenex from a box? If you pick up the roll and your hands are wet, the tissue will tear and stick to your fingers. Now everybody has to buy a roller! That’s not green! And that last little piece, you just don’t know where it’s been! You have to throw it out unused!
This is just horrible.

[Izzy Dunne]

I can't imagine that the list of things to do with used toilet paper tubes is very long

Wow, whatever happened to American ingenuity....

[cripplecreek]

Necessity is the mother of invention.

[Waverunner]

If the product, which will be rolled out in stores next Monday,......
I usually roll out my toilet paper on Oct 31st..
It's a tradition I've had since being a kid.
This year every Dem campaign sign I can find will get tp'd

[justsaynomore]

They make good firestarters, - I keep a bucket of them in the laundry room and stuff them with dryer lint.

[Carpe Cerevisi]

And among the millions of pet hamsters and gerbils throughout the world there was a wailing and a gnashing of teeth.

[The Great RJ]

The paper used to make the tubes is certainly biodegradable and could even be recycled so what's the problem? Environmentalist wackos will fight to have the tube removed from our toilet paper, but have no problem with a government mandate that will fill our homes with CFL bulbs full of toxic mercury that cannot be recycled and must be disposed as hazardous waste...go figure.

[Mobties]

Next up on the greenies wish list - reusable toilet paper.

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I think Sheryl Crow is working on that — one square at a time.

[MichaelP]

It ain’t the eco green they’re worried about... it’s the ___

[glorgau]

what is the reason for the tube in the first place?

Gerbil container?

[brownsfan]

“Just chuck it into the recycle bin. “Problem” solved with minimal R&D costs. How many carbon credits did that earn me?”

I’m no fan of greenies, but if a change works, I won’t reject it out of hand. My guess is that treating the inner portion is quicker, easier, and less costly than making the tubes. If you treat the inner 6 sheets, those likely wouldn’t be used by a consumer, but could go straight into the toilet. Only Sheryl Crowe would be upset by that.

Again, speculation on my part, but it seems 6 sheets in the crapper on the way to the poopie plant is more efficent in terms of recycling, than a roll in the recycle bin.

[cripplecreek]

Pervert blocker.

Nothing worse than shoping late at night and stumbling across a pervert molesting the TP.

[Starstruck]

Nearly 17 billion toilet paper tubes are produced annually in the US alone, according to to Kimberly-Clark with most consumers throwing out used tubes.

Most people do that with the toilet paper too, unless you appear on Hoarders.

[Iron Munro]

You can bet the price to consumers will go up as their cost goes down.

[buck61]

If Al Gore gets his way we will all get one leaf a day to wipe our asses.

LOL ! For the tree hungers. If you don’t like cutting trees’, try wiping your ass with plastic.

[RobRoy]

>>If Al Gore gets his way we will all get one leaf a day to wipe our asses.<<

Grow more corn.

It’s either that or bring back the Sears catalog.

[listenhillary]

Recycled toilet paper next on the list? Or ban it all together and insist that people do without.

[Dem Guard]

"Next up on the greenies wish list - reusable toilet paper."

Low volume food like dog food.