Re: Every day roughly 1.9 million trees are cut down to make traditional toilet paper
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On Sun, 27 Nov 2022 06:41:24 -0600, chrisv <[email protected]> wrote: >Gator Golf wrote: > >>Every day roughly 1.9 million trees  enough to cover about 45 Sydney >>Opera Houses  are cut down to make traditional toilet paper out of virgin >>wood pulp, according to a new report which looked into how consumer >>choices can impact the environment. >> >>More than 60 per cent of people recently surveyed across Australia, the >>United Kingdom and United States were unaware of how their choice in >>toilet paper contributes to global deforestation, the Toilet Paper >>Environmental Sustainability Report found. >> >>It's estimated a person goes through 127 rolls a year, adding up to 42 >>million tonnes worldwide. And that's leading to the loss of 700 million >>trees annually, the data found. >> >><https://www.9news.com.au/world/earth-day-2022-toilet-paper-found-to-contribute-to-mass-deforestation-data-reveals/a6b0763b-54a6-4f66-8a21-8b3fbad064b2> > >Link fixed. I can't believe they didn't mention how bad "ultra soft" >toilet paper is, compared to "regular" toilet paper. > >https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/26/world/americas/26iht-paper.1.20453524.html "It's estimated a person goes through 127 rolls a year, " Really? I use a roll a month. Otoh, a woman might use a few dozen a year but 127?? Smells like BS to me. Swill -- Don't take the bait.