You Should Switch to Recycled Toilet Paper
I’ve recently switched to recycled paper products myself. I’ve always been earth concious and felt it was time to take the next big step. lol, this is not a big step at all. It’s easy, sacrifice a little softness for our boreal forests. Clear cutting is out of control, and we need to lower demand.Why?So they can slow the heck down. Toilet paper and other papers products that are not recycled exist because we buy them. Brands like Cashmere and Royal make the softest of the soft, and they use what the industry call ‘virgin fibres’. Virgin fibres are just as they sound, newly hacked down trees. I’m not sure everyone realizes how many trees actually get cut down each year.
Believe it or not, about four billion trees are cut down each year for paper products. This represents 35% or so of all harvested trees. Seventh Generation, one of the largest recycled producers, estimates that:
- One million trees would be saved if every U.S. household replaced just one 250-count package of virgin fiber napkins with 100 percent recycled ones.
- 544,000 trees would be saved by replacing a 70-sheet roll of virgin fiber paper towels.
- 424,000 trees would be spared by replacing a 500-sheet roll of virgin fiber toilet paper
- 170,000 trees would be saved by replacing one 175-count box of virgin fiber facial tissue.
It is such a simple switch that makes such an impact. Very much like switching to energy saving light bulbs. Sacfrifice a little comfort for our earth and feel good about yourself.
Without trees on this planet of ours it is safe to say we would not exist as we do. A mature leafy tree produces as much oxygen in a season as ten people inhale in a year. On top of that, they also filter the air we are breathing. Trees are nothing but wonderful. Trees absorb dangerous chemicals and other pollutants that have entered the soil, and they control noise pollution. Trees provide sweet shady places, and they even fight soil erosion. Gosh, I love them. Don’t be part of the reason our forests are being flattened.
Have you ever had a forest you were connected to, knocked down? I have. When I was sixteen I watched and old man that was always the grouch of our community, sell all of the land behind his house, AKA, 90% of our trees. He became a millionaire, and died a year later. Karma? That is what I’ve always figured. I did not even know it was being clear cut, I just was going to get water from the spring one day, and it was three quarters eliminated. Needless to say, I was a very angry and I still talk about it to this day. It was one of the most horrible suprises of my life. I’m really not sure why it took so long to switch over. I believe it’s something you tend to not even think about. Toilet paper, paper towells, napkins, and paper. The use of those four products add up.
-Mr. SoVeg
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