Environmentalists Say Plush Toilet Paper Wipes Out Forests
Does buying soft toilet paper really threaten the environment?
The blogosphere overflows with hyperbole saying it does. “Americans Wipe Their Butts with Non-Renewable Trees,”1 one site trumpeted. Another gushed, “Use recycled toilet paper and paper towels and reduce the demand of destroying virgin forests!”2 I’m sure she meant toilet paper made from recycled paper rather than already-used TP, but despite the fractured syntax her conviction was clear.
The great toilet paper debate has rolled to the [...]
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