Re: Every day roughly 1.9 million trees are cut down to make traditional toilet paper
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On Mon, 28 Nov 2022 14:03:19 -0700, Just Wondering <[email protected]> wrote: >On 11/28/2022 1:31 PM, [email protected] wrote: >> On Mon, 28 Nov 2022 08:31:44 -0800, Phil Omdahl >> <jaques.idiot.pal@number1> wrote: >> >>> On 11/27/2022 2:23 AM, David Hartung wrote: >>>> On 11/26/22 20:52, 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> >>>> >>>> >>>> https://twosidesna.org/US/Paper-and-Sustainable-Forests-some-great-facts-to-note/ >>> >>> Paper industry advertising page. >> >> And yet the paper and timber industries were among the first American >> industries to get on board with conservation even without federal >> environmental restrictions. Tree farming has been going on for >> decades at least. >> >> The two big ag crops where I live are cattle ranching and tree >> farming. > >The same with Christmas trees. The sellers don't go out and decimate >our national forests, they run Christmas tree farms that are constantly >replenished. Some people just don't understand that you can grow trees >as a crop just like wheat, grapes, etc. Thank you! Swill -- "Reality is an acquired taste." - Matthew Perry