Did you know that every time you reel toilet paper off your
toilet paper machine you are contributing to a considerate loss of
trees? It is estimated that up to as many as 27 000 trees are cut
down daily and this amount is used for sanitary products such as
tissue products and toilet paper – products that cannot be
recycled. Not a huge amount of this number consists of toilet paper
but toilet paper is sometimes used in excess and without a second
thought.
What makes this number so frightening is the fact that unlike
other items such as furniture, toilet paper is only used once
before it is thrown away or flushed down the toilet. We all use
more toilet paper than we care to think of, even if it is to clean
up a spill or blow our nose. The use of toilet paper cannot be
avoided for obvious reasons, and many of us are relieved when we go
into public portable toilets and see that there is indeed a roll of
toilet paper available to use.
But if you think that you only use a small portion of toilet
paper machine daily or even annually, think again. According to a
recent study done by a leading environmental magazine, the average
toilet paper usage amounts to approximately 23 kg per person in one
year. Not all cultures use toilet paper to clean up after
themselves but in first world countries, using anything other than
toilet paper would be unhygienic.
The extensive use of toilet paper, especially in first world
countries, have made the demand for trees higher than ever before
as more and more trees are being felled daily to keep up with
toilet paper demand. Proper sanitation routines are positive but
the effect that these sanitation routines are having on the
environment are starting to strain our natural resources. According
to ecological research, 13 million hectares of trees are lost every
year and this number is set to escalate. It is estimated that 15%
of this deforestation is in relation to toilet paper demand.
So why aren't we recycling normal paper and using it as toilet
paper? Experts say that nearly 40% of all landfills are filled with
paper waste and recycling this paper to make recycled toilet paper
will not only save trees but also save gallons of water and create
less air pollution and energy in the long run. It is also possible
to produce toilet paper that is not used from recycled paper so
there is more than one alternative to this problem.
All we can do is use toilet paper sparingly and hope that the
use of recycled toilet paper will be more widely spread as the cost
is ultimately the loss of our environment.
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