Is there a toilet paper good for the environment?

Question

Is there a toilet paper good for the environment?

Answer 1

Publix sells "green wise" toilet paper.  It's probably not as environmentally friendly as what the others posted about, but would be more accessible.

Answer 2

Yes but it does cost more.  I've heard that it's not that much better for the environment

Answer 3

There are many good biodegradable brands. Here are a few:

1. Treecycle  http://www.treecycle.com

2. Real Goods  http://www.realgoods.com

Stores that sell camping and sporting goods often carry biodegradable paper, but you can buy it direct online, too.

Answer 4

YES, Seventh Generation's toilet paper. They sell it in Kroger (at least in my local Kroger they do), and in Whole foods. I buy it from a year back and I like it very much, it also seems to me  it lasts longer than any other conventional branch I had purchased before, making it a money saver in the end.  

This product is good because:

If every household in the U.S. replaced just one 12-pack of 400 sheet virgin fiber bathroom tissue with 100% recycled ones, we could save:

- 4.4. million trees

- 11.6 million cubic feet of landfill space, equal to over 17,000 full garbage trucks

- 1.6 billion gallons of water, a year’s, supply for over 12,700 family of four.

- And avoid 275,000 pound so of pollution.

Seventh Generation bathroom tissue is made from 100% recycled paper, with a minimum of 80% post consumer materials. It's safe for your septic tank. The paper is whitened with an environmentally safe process – never with chlorine bleach. Bleaching paper with chlorine creates dangerous toxins such as dioxin, furans and other organochlorines. Once lose in the environment, these chemicals accumulate in both people and animals. Hundreds of studies have shown a direct link between dioxin exposure and cancer, birth defects and developmental and reproductive disorders.

The product looks like this:

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Answer 5

Toilet paper is very bio-degrable and breaks down quicky.  I doubt there is any that is bad for the environment.

Answer 6

Yes biodegradable and recycled

Answer 7

Yes its environmentally friendly. You should be able to pick some up at a place that sells camping equipment.Bye

Answer 8

toilet paper like Scott is better for your septic tank because it decomposes quickly. I think Seventh Generation makes some too but its spendy

Answer 9

yes. it is called biodegradable toilet paper. you can buy it at healthy living stores!

Answer 10

Maybe corncobs, used in conjunction with an outhouse?

Okay, bad joke.  Maybe someone else has a better answer.

Answer 11

yes use it on the compost heap

the worst you can do is throw it with the trash

along with all other organic wastes,such as foodscraps,kitchen wastes ,bones ,dead cats dead fish,rooten food and fruits etc.

70% of contamination is due to organic waste that is mixed in with the garbage .

and it is just as bad in the sewer where it helps to breed rats and in the landfill it poisons the ground

and it is the easiest to take care of

o first of all we have to clasify trash at least keep the organic to one side ,like in a plasic bin with a lid

if you got a few meters of ground ,you only need 1 or 2 square meters in a shallow hole ,in the shade ,that you can wet now and again ,where you dump everything that is organic ,from toilet paper,bones vegetable cuttings ,eggshells,,dead bodies ,excrement ,and cover regularly with leaves to keep humid and to hide any smell

the worms will come and decompose the wastes truning it into beautifull blck soil for the garden of flower pots .

if you are in a apartment ,if you have a balcony get a big plastic bin drill some holes in the side and lid ,

and add a few buckets of sand now and again to put over the trash ,you should realt stir or move the stuff at times to airate it and ensure that the decomposition is overall ,keep moist

this rubbish does not get big very fast and the thing works for a long time with out getting full

got a compost heap in the garden for 6 years ,have added tons of banana poles ,and palm leaves at times tree trunks ,the mountain goes up and down and never seems to get any bigger ,the stuff rots and becomes a very fine black compost of high density

Answer 12

yes. it's usually made from recycled materials, and can be found in most department stores in the camping section. the nice thing about it is it breaks down really easily water.

Answer 13

There are several options available at large box stores and co-ops that are biodegradable, made from recycled papers, or do not have chlorine/chemicals in them.  Word to the wise though, if you have sensitive skin:  I bought a pack a few months ago and had an allergic reaction!  Read the labels, check out the company, and ask around first.

Answer 14

If sewage systems were designed better this would not be a problem in any way. Sewage should be transformed into fuel and not processed in the way it is now being done. Just this one step would reduce polution quite a lot.

Answer 15

biodegradable toilet paper... I don't think it's as 'comfortable' as the name brands, but it is better for the enviroment!

Answer 16

Yes. White paper is good because it doesn't have any of your stuff on it yet.

Answer 17

Leaves

Answer 18

There is a brand sold near camping and outdoor recreation supplies that claims to be more environmentally friendly. I forget what is is called, but it has green pine trees printed all over it. I've been told that is degrades faster without posing much of a threat, but I am only going on what I have heard.

It is not sold in huge packages like the others, and it can be more expensive.

Answer 19

Heather6 is correct - biodegradable toilet paper. It is also widely available at camping & "outdoorsman" outlets; the price is more, but not at all prohibitive. Also, there are brands made specifically for use with septic tanks which break down quicker.