Re: Every day roughly 1.9 million trees are cut down to make traditional toilet paper
Klaus Schadenfreude <[email protected]>
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On Sun, 27 Nov 2022 15:46:55 -0500, [email protected] wrote: >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. That's over a third of a roll every day. Actually, according to the report: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IOBDcixSgD5Lgz2gT3UmPb0i4EIvI4bs/view Rolls Per year Globally 127 Australia 88 United Kingdom 127 United States 141 141/12=11.75 rolls per month per person 0.39 rolls every day. I also call bullshit on this "study." Of course, I use less because I only use Quilted Northern Rustic Weave Artisanal Toilet Paper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpXtAhiKHBE Now the real question: Why don't Australians wipe their ass as much as everyone else?