We must stop flushing our trees down the toilet
3 years, 7 months ago

We must stop flushing our trees down the toilet

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But it still means an estimated 7 million trees are felled every year for toilet tissue in the UK. Over an average person’s lifespan, the UK would fell about 1.1 billion trees just for paper tissue at current rates of consumption. Disappointingly, Ethical Consumer reported in 2019 that the amount of recycled paper used in UK tissue has been decreasing. Most importantly, we can ask our MPs to demand government legislation to enforce a minimum recycled paper content in tissue paper sold in the UK, and require local authorities to ensure council recycling systems do not contaminate collected paper.

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The people growing their own toilet paper
1 month ago

The people growing their own toilet paper

BBC  

The people growing their own toilet paper Robin Greenfield One million trees worldwide are cut down each year to make toilet paper. Greenfield runs a "grow your own toilet paper" initiative and cultivates over 100 Plectranthus barbatus plants at his Florida nursery. "There are many people who associate using the toilet paper plant with poverty," says Greenfield, though he points …

Eco friendly toilet paper: Who Gives A Crap review
2 years, 6 months ago

Eco friendly toilet paper: Who Gives A Crap review

The Independent  

Every year, over 100-million people part ways with single-use plastic for a whole month during Plastic Free July. For toilet paper, this means choosing an option without plastic packaging, though it’s not just plastics that matter here. Single-use plastic is everywhere – just look around you and you’ll inevitably notice it: wrapping your bananas, onions, flowers, kitchen roll, meat, milk …

Wiped out of toilet paper? Here’s why
4 years, 8 months ago

Wiped out of toilet paper? Here’s why

Associated Press  

What does toilet paper have to do with the global coronavirus pandemic? NCSolutions, a data and consulting firm, said online and in-store U.S. toilet paper sales rose 51% between Feb. 24 and March 10, as buyers started getting uneasy about the growing number of virus cases. “You never noticed because it’s so well-managed,” said Jim Luke, an economics professor at …

Brexit loo paper shortages are great news for our planet and butts
5 years, 2 months ago

Brexit loo paper shortages are great news for our planet and butts

Wired  

We’re a nation of wipers, and that’s a fact – Britons really do love the bog roll. But toilet paper loving Brits may be horrified to discover that, in the event of a no-deal Brexit, it could be extremely difficult to source their favourite soft bathroom commodity. Indeed, Manchester-based loo roll manufacturer Nova Tissue says that a toilet paper shortage …

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