Old Growth Forests
Published by marco on
Stop wiping your ass with them.
According to this article, Mr. Whipple Left It Out: Soft Is Rough on Forests by Leslie Kaufman (NY Times), “[a]lthough toilet tissue can be made at similar cost from recycled material, it is the fiber taken from standing trees that help give it that plush feel.”
Regrettably, America manages to stand pretty much alone in demanding super-soft toilet paper for home use, although even in European countries, recycled paper makes up only 20% of paper intended for home use. That’s still ten times as much as the U.S. market, though.
There’s a lot of room for improvement on both sides of the pond and it’s a relatively easy step to take, so maybe Americans can prove the world wrong and see if they can’t beat Europe in at least this one measly statistic. Maybe the economic crisis will force people to turn to cheaper, recycled paper.[1]