Things like plastic, newspapers, and unnecessary food waste has been targeted in the increasingly hotter climate debate. But toilet paper, there has so far been fairly silent despite the fact that we use a lot every day. It means that wood from forests and plantations in the world ”disappear” straight down in our toilets.
now miljögrupperna the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Stand.earth reviewed the environmental impact when it comes to toilet paper, mainly in the u.s. market, writes The Guardian.
the Report notes that the big brand’s refusal to switch to sustainable materials in the toilet paper has a devastating impact on forests and climate. Toilet tissue from recycled fiber is made of recycled newsprint and office paper. If you are using virgin fibre, primarily from spruce, get the material just a life and can not get the paper again.
Around 28 hectares of canadian boreal forest are logged each year, an area as large as Pennsylvania. Trämassan, the main ingredient in toilet paper, accounts for 23 per cent of Canada’s skogsproduktexport, according to the report.
of Canada by pine forests and is habitat for over 600 different species. The forest is also important when it comes to absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
the Reason that companies don’t use more sustainable materials is that u.s. consumers want the extra soft and fluffy toilet paper compared with the other countries in the world, writes in the report.
the united states is also a major consumer of toilet paper: although they represent only four per cent of the world population is the country for over 20 per cent of the global mjukpappersförbrukningen which is the most in the world. An average household of four persons in the united states uses over 45 kilos of toilet paper per year, writes The Guardian. Other major consumers include the germans, the britons and the danes.
No precise figure for the swedes consumption is not available, but according to a calculation of the SkogSverige concerns about the 4.5 kilos of toilet paper per person per year.
the consumer it can be difficult to know if the man dries himself with is sustainably produced. The recovered toapappret is not only positive for the environment because it must be washed carefully with different chemicals before it can be used. A help on the way can be to buy toilet paper which is eco-labelled with, for example, the nordic Swan and a FSC logo that shows on the environmentally sound forestry.
