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Getting to the bottom of why you should use eco toilet paper

Why use eco friendly toilet paper?

According to The World Wide Fund (WWF), the equivalent of about 270,000 trees are either landfilled or flushed every day. A staggering 10% of this global total is because of toilet paper, which we obviously can’t recycle again, either. Crazy, huh? It’s enough to make you want to kick up a stink.

With that in mind, doesn’t it make sense to... Read More

Getting to the bottom of why you should use eco toilet paper

Why use eco friendly toilet paper?

According to The World Wide Fund (WWF), the equivalent of about 270,000 trees are either landfilled or flushed every day. A staggering 10% of this global total is because of toilet paper, which we obviously can’t recycle again, either. Crazy, huh? It’s enough to make you want to kick up a stink.

With that in mind, doesn’t it make sense to make a simple switch to eco toilet paper made from 100% recycled fibers?

What is recycled toilet paper?

Recycled or eco toilet paper is not, despite popular myth, made from used loo roll. Instead, it’s created from 100% recycled post-consumer waste paper, such as newspapers, textbooks, office paper and so on. The recycled materials are mixed with water to form a pulp before entering an ink-removal process. Then, they squeeze the water out by passing it through rollers. The resulting paper is wound onto a cardboard tube.

Is eco toilet paper better for the environment?

Let’s get to the bottom of this. As we mentioned, 27,000 trees are cut down every single day to make toilet paper that’s ultimately flushed down the loo. Using recycled toilet paper will save some of those trees, helping to keep our air clean and provide homes for wildlife, among other things.

Choosing eco toilet paper also saves energy as the production of toilet paper from recycled paper uses 64% less energy and 50% less water than making it from raw materials.

Is recycled toilet paper safe?

There has been some concern about the endocrine disrupter BPA (bisphenol A) being found in recycled toilet paper. The culprit seems to be thermal receipt paper which has been recycled (tip, don’t put receipts into the recycling bin!) However, the traces are pretty small and we actually absorb more BPA when we touch a credit card receipt directly.

But not all eco toilet paper is created equal. By choosing recycled toilet paper made from BPA-free recycled waste (Who Gives A Crap’s eco-friendly toilet paper is mainly made from used school textbooks) will give you further peace of mind.