If you knew your luxury bum wipe was wiping out Canadian forests...

[True Dough]

would you settle for single ply? Well, would ya??

We’re all becoming more aware about the damage single-use plastics and fast fashion has on the environment. Yet there is one product we all throw away every single day that, so far, has not been a major part of conversations about sustainability: toilet paper.

But America’s heavy use of toilet paper – particularly the pillowy soft kind – is worsening climate change and taking “a dramatic and irreversible toll” on forests, especially the Canadian boreal forest, according to a new report by two major environmental groups, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Stand.earth.

The boreal forest covers almost 60% of Canada and is home to 600 indigenous communities. Its huge size means it can absorb large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, the equivalent to the annual emissions of 24m cars each year.

The report found that major brands’ refusal to switch to sustainable materials in toilet paper is having a devastating impact on forests and climate. About 28m acres of Canadian boreal forest have been cut down since 1996, an area the size of Pennsylvania. Virgin pulp, the key ingredient in toilet paper, accounted for 23% of Canada’s forest product exports.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/01/canada-boreal-forest-toilet-paper-us-climate-change-impact-report?CMP=fb_gu

[Funtatlaguy]

1. Bidets with recycled water 💧 is the answer.

[wasupaloopa]

2. No more Sears catalogues and hate those

petrified corn cobs.

Shutters and boards cover the outhouse
Catalogue getting low
Shutters and boards and petrified corn cobs
Hell of a rough way to go

[Cirque du So-What]

3. Corn cobs are preferable to Sears catalogs

and if it means saving forests, I will use them again.

[Xolodno]

4. I use single ply.

Of course, have to, on a septic system.

But as someone else said, bidet's are the way to go. After a three week trip to Europe, my wife was a bit depressed that we were coming back to a home with NO bidet.

[Laffy Kat]

5. This is a stupid question...

But with a bidet how do you dry yourself off? Do you use a dry washcloth? I've been to Europe a couple of times and mainly used the bidet to wash delicates.

[retread]

6. You can get toilet seat bidets with warm air dryers. I much prefer the washcloth method. I keep them

on a separate cloth rack. After using, I have a container they go in and once a week they are washed on "sanitary cycle" with a tiny bit of bleach.

My bidet cleans so efficiently that the washcloth is used to only dry damp areas.

[Laffy Kat]

11. Ahhh, OK.

I'm not remembering the separate towels but it was a very long time ago. Makes sense.

[Xolodno]

8. Well there are two sets of towels in your room.

The plushy kind you use to dry yourself off...

...then the ones directly next to the bidet to dry off the less seen areas.

[MicaelS]

9. With a Toto Washlet toilet...

That has a dryer built in.

https://www.totousa.com/products/washlets#sort_by=priceHL

[Laffy Kat]

10. Nice. Kind of pricey, though.

I'm sure it's better for us in the long run. My next house!

[Kaleva]

7. Article is false. Luxury bum wipe isn't wiping out Canadian forests.

Forests grow back.

[akraven]

12. We use cloth and soap and water.

Learned that from my mom-in-love in 1969! Alaska's forests are also endangered.

[LuckyCharms]

13. Wipe?

[True Dough]

14. LuckyCharms, you can at least

use your carpet!