Re: Every day roughly 1.9 million trees are cut down to make traditional toilet paper

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
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