Why Switch to Recycled Toilet Paper?
According to Natural Resources Defense Council, Americans could save 423,900 trees if every household switched a single roll of virgin fiber toilet paper with that of a 100% recycled paper roll. That’s a lot of trees folks! Guidelines for Purchasing Recycled Tissue Greenpeace recommends buying recycled tissue that is 100% recycled paper with at least 50% post-consumer content. This second percentage accounts for how much of the paper is being reclaimed from actual usage. So, a roll of toilet paper may have been a cardboard box in its former life. Post-consumer content is the portion of paper that has been saved from the landfills. The Natural Resources Defense Council also recommends that consumers look for tissue products that have been manufactured in safe and environmentally-friendly ways. It is one thing to have recycled toilet paper, but what if the product is contributing to the destruction of the environment? NRDC suggests looking for products that don’t use bleaching processes
