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This is because traditional toilet paper is made from virgin tree pulp taken from trees cut down in forests, like Canada’s boreal forest. A child under five dies every two minutes from diarrheal diseases caused by poor water and sanitation. So this kind of work is clearly important. Since we last published a guide to toilet paper, there has been a growth in the number of small companies selling bamboo toilet paper. All of them tell a similar founding story, of a moment of realisation of the destructiveness of standard toilet paper and a desire to provide a more sustainable alternative.

Remember when you could find single rolls of toilet paper in a simple paper wrap in the shops?? Those were the days... Who Gives a Crap is going to continue to search far and wide for partners that meet theier high standards set for their manufacturing operations. Does Who Gives A Crap really build toilets? The pulp and paper industry as a whole is the largest global consumer of virgin wood, using about 35% of harvested trees for the manufacture of paper. It is a major contributor to deforestation and thereby to biodiversity loss, soil erosion, species extinction, and ecosystem disruptions.We’re currently living in a house with 3.5 adults (one’s away at school for 2/3 of the year). Everyone has their own opinion and not everyone is as proactive as everyone else in the house when it comes to living zero waste. I’m sure many people can relate.

Both recycled and bamboo have their pros and cons with respect to the environment, and a great place to read more about that is in the 2019 report by the NRDC, “The Issue with Tissue: How Americans are Flushing Forests Down the Toilet.”If you’re trying to be more eco-friendly, finding more sustainable solutions to products you use every day is an easy way to lower your impact. Stasher bags and reusable totes might have helped you cut down on your single-use plastic waste, but the paper products you throw away and flush down your toilet every day also have a devastating impact on the environment. Alternative fibres such as bamboo play an important role in shifting paper sourcing away from virgin wood forests. However, there was a 2023 update that said as of this year, they now offer domestically made products in the UK and US:

So, if you’re looking for a more sustainable option (and know zero waste tissues aren’t for you either), these are a good place to start. They are mainly known for their toilet papers. They sell both 100% recycled toilet paper and 100% bamboo toilet paper. In addition to toilet papers, they also sell forest friendly tissues, forest friendly paper towels, and a reusable paper towel alternative. it was graded an almost perfect sustainability score on the NRDC’s “The Issue with Tissue Scorecard 2021” report!!!A small amount of paper is produced using alternatives to chlorine such as oxygen, ozone, and hydrogen peroxide. This process is known as Totally Chlorine Free (TCF). YourBestDigs.com chose the toilet papers they were reviewing after extensive research to see which toilet paper brands represented the most popular choices out there, along with a few alternative newcomers. However, whenever I open a new one, I find it’s hard to avoid tearing the TP itself just to get the end ready to pull.