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

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
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