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Toilet paper going tubeless in push to reduce waste
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Posted on 10/27/2010 8:11:40 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Toilet paper going tubeless in push to reduce waste
AN American toiletries company is trialling tubeless toilet paper in an effort to make the world's most most relied upon bathroom product greener.
Manufacturer Kimberly-Clark will introduce Scott Naturals Tube-Free toilet paper at certain Walmart and Sam's Club stores throughout the Northeast of America., USA Today reported.
If the product, which will be rolled out in stores next Monday, is well-received by consumers, the company may sell it nationally and globally, according to the report.
The company has said the tissue will be just the same but will only be missing the cardboard tube typically inserted inside the roll. The new toilet paper rolls will still fit over bathroom spindles.
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.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: paper; toilet; toiletpaper; tubeless
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To: Sub-Driver
Trees are the Ultimate in renewable resources. Cut them down, plant more and they grow right back
IT’S AMAZING...
How is not using wood/paper “Green”?
To: stayathomemom
Maybe we should save them up and ship them to San Francisco.
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posted on
10/27/2010 9:10:46 AM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(This is our culture; fight for it. This is our flag; pick it up. This is our country; take it back.)
To: BenLurkin
In commercial settings, this sort of thing has been going on for a while now. It’s just a short hop, skip, and a jump to domestic settings.
63
posted on
10/27/2010 9:12:46 AM PDT
by
Excellence
(Buy Progresso, take off the label, write "not halal," mail to Campbell's soup company.)
To: Sub-Driver
What will my kittens play with??
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posted on
10/27/2010 9:13:48 AM PDT
by
KosmicKitty
(WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
To: Sub-Driver
“Tu be, or not tu be — that is the question...”
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posted on
10/27/2010 9:15:18 AM PDT
by
mikrofon
(~Prince Charmin of Skidmark)
To: McKayopectate
Toilet paper rolls, paper towel rolls, cloths hanger cardboard tubes, and the biggie...Christmas wrapping paper rolls.
Throw in endless rolls of black electrical tape (father was an electrician)...
All elements of some very creative projects when I was a kid.
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posted on
10/27/2010 9:16:05 AM PDT
by
moovova
To: moovova
Yep - the kids can make all kinds of cool stuff. My son made a ping pong ball shooter the other day out of two TP rolls
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posted on
10/27/2010 9:17:58 AM PDT
by
justsaynomore
(We've got some altering and abolishing to do! - Herman Cain)
To: justsaynomore
Yep - the kids can make all kinds of cool stuff. My son made a ping pong ball shooter the other day out of two TP rolls You can tell by the number of comments here that a lot of us have "recycled" toilet paper tubes. They don't go to waste.
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posted on
10/27/2010 9:21:30 AM PDT
by
moovova
To: listenhillary
No more Kitty toys? What are they thinking? That was my reaction too. Our puppies loved playing with the paper towel and TP tubes.
69
posted on
10/27/2010 9:37:39 AM PDT
by
freespirited
(This tagline dedicated to the memory of John Armor, a/k/a Congressman Billybob.)
To: brownsfan
The word “efficiency” has never been in the enviro lexicon. If it had been, paper recycling would never have been proposed, much less subsidized. But, as I originally pointed out, this is all for show.
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posted on
10/27/2010 9:49:19 AM PDT
by
Pecos
(Liberty and Honor will not die on my watch.)
To: Sub-Driver
Tubeless TP rolls aren’t worth a sh**!
How will you get them on the spindle?
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posted on
10/27/2010 9:51:20 AM PDT
by
meyer
(Tax the productive to carry the freeloaders - What is it with democrats and slavery?)
To: Responsibility2nd
I'm drawing a blank here. Just exactly what can you do with a used toilet paper tube? Why save them?Well, you can use them to store cords and extension cords. And, well, I guess that's all. They make good kindling for the fireplace if you have enough of them. I figure a summer's worth would be good for starting the first winter fire.
Otherwise, they're completely biodegradable and introduce no toxins into the earth. So what's the beef?
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posted on
10/27/2010 9:58:01 AM PDT
by
meyer
(Tax the productive to carry the freeloaders - What is it with democrats and slavery?)
To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
I only buy the generic brands anyway. Why pay extra for Scott?I let my backside choose the brand. Although, people do look at me rather strangely when that decision is being made.
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posted on
10/27/2010 10:00:08 AM PDT
by
meyer
(Tax the productive to carry the freeloaders - What is it with democrats and slavery?)
To: Responsibility2nd
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posted on
10/27/2010 10:09:35 AM PDT
by
EBH
(the first step in a long journey...that finally begins on November 2nd, 2010.)
To: meyer
I let my backside choose the brand. Although, people do look at me rather strangely when that decision is being made. Does it speak to you and tell you which brand or do you point it at the brands and it just nods?
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posted on
10/27/2010 10:30:08 AM PDT
by
listenhillary
(A very simple fix to our dilemma - We need to reward the makers instead of the takers)
To: Sub-Driver
"...If the product, which will be
rolled out in stores next Monday, is well-received by consumers..."
Heh, heh.
76
posted on
10/27/2010 11:21:06 AM PDT
by
ataDude
(Its like 1933, mixed with the Carter 70s, plus the books 1984 and Animal Farm, all at the same time.)
To: Izzy Dunne
Wow, whatever happened to American ingenuity....
OK. Uses for used toilet paper tubes:
- Forms for reinforced concrete chair legs.
- Kitty cat "walk-like-Frankenstein" kit (one tube per front leg)
- Sawed-off large bore blow gun.
- Omni-directional funnel. It works the same no matter which end is up.
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posted on
10/27/2010 11:54:32 AM PDT
by
BWDog
To: listenhillary
Does it speak to you and tell you which brand or do you point it at the brands and it just nods?My attorney has advised me that I should refrain from discussing the details of my TP testing procedure until after the trial. :-)
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posted on
10/27/2010 12:22:27 PM PDT
by
meyer
(Tax the productive to carry the freeloaders - What is it with democrats and slavery?)
To: reagan_fanatic
They will be wanting us to go back to corn cobs next...or leaves.
79
posted on
10/27/2010 1:31:06 PM PDT
by
GailA
(obamacare paid for by cuts & taxes on most vulnerable Veterans, retired Military, disabled & Seniors)
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