They want us to wipe our asses with our hands like the New Minnesotans.
That being said, two ply and extra fluffy paper is a waste. People don't know how to wipe their ass properly. How come shampoo has instructions but shit paper does not? At work we have several single toilet bathrooms, throughout the building. They are three side by side. When I'm in one, I always hear someone in the room next to me, pulling and pulling and pulling toilet paper. The metal holder is loud when you pull out sheets. What are people doing wrapping up their whole hand with 10 layers deep? You're wiping your ass not taking bread out of the oven. I use single ply, and believe it or not. All you need is 3 to 4 sheets at a time. More than that, the extra paper gets in the way. You're only going to get one pass, irregardless how many wraps you fold over. When you fold it over for a second pass, the paper might rip and you'll shit all over your hand anyway. So a few sheets is all you need. In total I rarely need more than three and in bad circumstances I might need four. That's 12 sheets total. 12 single ply, it gets the job done. With double ply and pulling out 20 sheets, that's 40 sheets, and you still get one pass. Do that 3 or 4 times, and you've used 160 sheets of Toilet paper. This is for men, women may need more, as they have fluids to deal with. And always remember wash your hands when your done. Speaking of washing your hands. I heard a report on the radio the other day that we're washing hands wrong. We're supposed to scrub for at least 30 seconds with soap under running water. At work we have water saver fixtures. The water comes on in a quick spurt then shuts off. You don't get 30 seconds, only 3 seconds tops. The report also said the air is full of fecal mater and the tissues in the bathroom are contaminated. They said you're better off wiping your hands on your pant leg. Well wasn't your trousers just at your ankles while you were taking a dump? How did it manage to not get contaminated with the aerosol feces wafting in the air? Who comes up with this stuff? I guess they want to normalize Hand wipers. "It don't matter we all have shit on our hands" Well micro bits of shit is a big difference than scraping out shit with your hands.
Few places in the country are more conscientious about sustainability and protecting the environment than the Bay Area.
We recycle plastics, glass, paper and cans religiously. Bring tote bags to the supermarket. Install low-flush toilets and water-saving shower nozzles. Compost food scraps and milk cartons.
But like everyone else, we also love a good deal. So for bulk products at a discount, many of us turn to Costco, a big-box favorite that lives up to its mission statement to provide its members with quality goods and services at the lowest possible prices.
Unfortunately, one of Costco's biggest sellers — toilet paper — is contributing to the destruction of Canada's great boreal forest, according to a recent study.
The report by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Stand.earth gave Costco's in-house brand Kirkland toilet paper, which it sells in hay bale-size packs of dozens of rolls, an "F" in sustainability. Costco was not alone, however. Georgia-Pacific's Angel Soft and Quilted Northern brands, Procter & Gamble's Charmin, and Target's generic Up & Up Soft & Strong all received failing grades.
Toilet paper is a daily necessity, but most of us never give a thought to where it comes from.
The manufacture of bathroom tissue — particularly the soft, fluffy kind marketed for American bottoms — is one of the most "environmentally destructive" processes on the planet, according to the NRDC.
"Future generations are going to look at the way we make toilet paper as one of the greatest excesses of our age," NRDC scientist Allen Hershkowitz told the Guardian in 2009. "Making toilet paper from virgin wood is a lot worse than driving Hummers in terms of global warming pollution."
The boreal forest is a vast landscape of aspen, evergreen and birch trees covering more than half of Canada, but since 1996, 22 million acres — an area roughly the size of Indiana — have been cut down to produce virgin fiber pulp, the key ingredient in premium toilet paper and hand tissues. With the exception of China, no country uses more tissue products than the U.S. despite the latter having only about 4 percent of the world's population.
An analysis by Justin Thomas, editor of the efficient living guide metaefficient.com, found that Americans use 36.5 billion rolls of toilet paper each year, which according to paper industry marketing analysis firm RISI, equates to 57 sheets per person each day.
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That being said, two ply and extra fluffy paper is a waste. People don't know how to wipe their ass properly. How come shampoo has instructions but shit paper does not?
At work we have several single toilet bathrooms, throughout the building. They are three side by side. When I'm in one, I always hear someone in the room next to me, pulling and pulling and pulling toilet paper. The metal holder is loud when you pull out sheets. What are people doing wrapping up their whole hand with 10 layers deep?
You're wiping your ass not taking bread out of the oven. I use single ply, and believe it or not. All you need is 3 to 4 sheets at a time. More than that, the extra paper gets in the way. You're only going to get one pass, irregardless how many wraps you fold over. When you fold it over for a second pass, the paper might rip and you'll shit all over your hand anyway. So a few sheets is all you need. In total I rarely need more than three and in bad circumstances I might need four. That's 12 sheets total. 12 single ply, it gets the job done. With double ply and pulling out 20 sheets, that's 40 sheets, and you still get one pass. Do that 3 or 4 times, and you've used 160 sheets of Toilet paper.
This is for men, women may need more, as they have fluids to deal with. And always remember wash your hands when your done.
Speaking of washing your hands. I heard a report on the radio the other day that we're washing hands wrong. We're supposed to scrub for at least 30 seconds with soap under running water. At work we have water saver fixtures. The water comes on in a quick spurt then shuts off. You don't get 30 seconds, only 3 seconds tops.
The report also said the air is full of fecal mater and the tissues in the bathroom are contaminated. They said you're better off wiping your hands on your pant leg. Well wasn't your trousers just at your ankles while you were taking a dump? How did it manage to not get contaminated with the aerosol feces wafting in the air? Who comes up with this stuff? I guess they want to normalize Hand wipers. "It don't matter we all have shit on our hands" Well micro bits of shit is a big difference than scraping out shit with your hands.
https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/Costco-toilet-paper-boreal-forest-sustainability-14079814.php
Few places in the country are more conscientious about sustainability and protecting the environment than the Bay Area.
We recycle plastics, glass, paper and cans religiously. Bring tote bags to the supermarket. Install low-flush toilets and water-saving shower nozzles. Compost food scraps and milk cartons.
But like everyone else, we also love a good deal. So for bulk products at a discount, many of us turn to Costco, a big-box favorite that lives up to its mission statement to provide its members with quality goods and services at the lowest possible prices.
Unfortunately, one of Costco's biggest sellers — toilet paper — is contributing to the destruction of Canada's great boreal forest, according to a recent study.
The report by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Stand.earth gave Costco's in-house brand Kirkland toilet paper, which it sells in hay bale-size packs of dozens of rolls, an "F" in sustainability. Costco was not alone, however. Georgia-Pacific's Angel Soft and Quilted Northern brands, Procter & Gamble's Charmin, and Target's generic Up & Up Soft & Strong all received failing grades.
Toilet paper is a daily necessity, but most of us never give a thought to where it comes from.
The manufacture of bathroom tissue — particularly the soft, fluffy kind marketed for American bottoms — is one of the most "environmentally destructive" processes on the planet, according to the NRDC.
"Future generations are going to look at the way we make toilet paper as one of the greatest excesses of our age," NRDC scientist Allen Hershkowitz told the Guardian in 2009. "Making toilet paper from virgin wood is a lot worse than driving Hummers in terms of global warming pollution."
The boreal forest is a vast landscape of aspen, evergreen and birch trees covering more than half of Canada, but since 1996, 22 million acres — an area roughly the size of Indiana — have been cut down to produce virgin fiber pulp, the key ingredient in premium toilet paper and hand tissues. With the exception of China, no country uses more tissue products than the U.S. despite the latter having only about 4 percent of the world's population.
An analysis by Justin Thomas, editor of the efficient living guide metaefficient.com, found that Americans use 36.5 billion rolls of toilet paper each year, which according to paper industry marketing analysis firm RISI, equates to 57 sheets per person each day.