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New research gauges the number of rolls required each day to keep the world wiping, highlighting an often overlooked contributor to deforestation.
Eco-friendly toilet paper company Who Gives A Crap is behind a new study that shows the environmental impact of toilet roll.
Assuming that half the world’s ‘wipers’ use traditional toilet paper, it is estimated currently around 1m trees would need to be felled every 24 hours to meet demand. However, it is also believed this may drastically underplay the situation, and in order to keep everyone on the planet in toilet paper, 1.9m trees need to be cut down daily – enough to fill Wembley Stadium 50 times over.
The study, entitled ‘Environmental Impacts of Traditional Toilet Paper Usage’, focuses on the true cost of this to the planet’s forests as a result of virgin paper use. Annually, around 42m tonnes of toilet paper gets used in the UK alone. Individually, the average person uses 127 rolls each year, equating to around 735m square meters of forest. At this scale, 180bn kilograms of carbon monoxide will remain in the atmosphere because of the lost trees. Tellingly, the work also found that around two in three respondents did not understand their choice of toilet paper contributes to deforestation
‘We’re flushing one of our most precious resources down the toilet,’ said Simon Griffiths, CEO and co-founder of Who Gives A Crap. ‘Even some of the most dedicated eco-warriors massively underestimate the impact traditional toilet paper production has on our forests and beyond… These statistics are pretty depressing but we all have the power to change them. We want to empower the consumer to make ethical choices about how they spend their money, and the future it is contributing to.’
In related news, scientists now believe they have perfected an algorithm that reveals how much drought and heat is needed to kill off forests.
Individually, the average person uses 127 rolls each year,
You people use an entire roll of TP every three days?
Eco-friendly toilet paper company Who Gives A Crap is behind a new study
that a toilet paper company ran an honest study on this issue tbqhsee, i used to use that many rolls, and then someone told me that i'm actually supposed to unroll it into little sheets and wipe with those instead of just trying to wipe with the entire solid cylinder
maybe the average household? and that still seems way high
i could believe a every-three-days-figure with single ply cheap shitpaper
Ok I bought one. But what do I do about wet butthole? I still end up using TP to dry it off.
Look at this guy, he doesn't even know how to use the three shells LOL.
Ya but like 2-3 sheets instead of who-knows-how-much for wiping.
you're sitting anyway might as well check chapo.chat
You use the three shells because it is mandated by the high ruling council of Pizza Hut, I use the three shells because I'm a cop from Neo-LA stuck in the future trying to kill a psychopath prisoner who escaped from his cryopod, we are not the same.
What’s the environmental impact comparison between just wiping and using a bidet?
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a specifically limited amount of seashells on the first worldthe west would rather kill the earth than use a شطافة
I'd love a bidet, unfortunately the choice of bathroom fittings is down to my landlord who obviously will not care at all. So until then.
The $30~ ones on Amazon just replace one tube between the wall and toilet while fitting between the toilet and seat. I installed it in about 15 minutes with no plumbing experience or damage. The old tube is next to the toilet so I can swap it back when I move.
Are those cheapy things actually any good as bidets? I've just always assumed they were too awful quality to consider, but maybe I should.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082HFS8KT
I have this model and it's perfectly adequate. If you splurge a little bit more you can get a plug-in water warmer and self-cleaning nozzle, but that's mechanically sound without any leaks.
chiming in to suggest my preferred renter-friendly bidet type, which is one that hooks to any standard sink aerator socket (it has a diverter for when not using the hose). this has the added bonus of customizable water temperature. simply replace the original aerator when you move
i am currently suffering bidet-less due to my place's bathroom sink being a stupid fancy one with a built in aerator i can't remove 😭
Any idea how one gets this kind of model thing? My toilet is plumbed purely with copper, so the standard bidet attachment is a nogo. A sink thing sounds usable but I can't find any online.
keywords "sink hose bidet" and "faucet hose bidet" pull them up on Amazon, at least
