Sheryl Crow says,Use one square of toilet paper per dump,will this really help our environment?

Question

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6583067.stm

Answer 1

Why stop at one per dump, there are billions of peopel on this planet who use none! Toilet paper is a very Western concept. Go to any SE Asian non urban houshold and you will find a vessel full of water and a ladel for washing ur rear end, no paper required. In other parts neither paper nor water is an option. Still people survive. In boarding schools I've worked in, coconut husks were a popular item, and much prefered over sticks.

If ever toilet paper user saved just one sheet of toilet paper every dump it would be a very sizeable mound of saved paper.

Say 1 billion users x 2 dumps per day, thats 2 billion peices saved, @ 100 sheets per roll (most rolls are less) thats 20 million rolls per day. At 200 g per roll thats 4 million kilograms of paper a day or 4,000 tonnes of paper a day!

Thats a small forrest saved every week. Not to mention the reduction in pollution in the manufacture of the paper and reduced energy usage etc. And that is for just saving one sheet each per dump. Yes using less makes a difference. Do the math!

As to one piece per dump, well guess thas really up to the user, try folding it into 4 and being delicate? Try not eating so much?

Answer 2

It`s actually one for a wee, and two for a poo...

Answer 3

Well, if I only use 2 sheets per poo, there is the knock-on ecological effect:

- additional water used for washing hands when figures go through the flimsy 2 sheets

- ditto above for fairy liquid

- additional washing of not-quite-clean-enough pants that get changed mid way through the day because I've found a mark

--so she's not thought that one through, has she?

Answer 4

Wow, if she can do that, more power to her...

Answer 5

Toilet paper is not really our biggest problem. Our environment is under threat much more from our choice of energy than it is from our use of toilet paper. However, our overuse of toilet paper does symbolize our squandering of resource and that is probably our second biggest problem, so Sheryl is not all wrong.

One square is a bit extreme though ;)

Answer 6

no way! yer finger would push straight through!and some people bite their nails. i'll keep on using the sun, exept the racing page.

Answer 7

I haven't really looked, but I would say that Sheryl Crow hasn't got a particularly big bottom.  The bigger the area, the more cleaning required - it's basic physics.

Answer 8

Well not really.  You see most toilet paper is pretty biodegradable and can be completely decomposed in just a few months.  As long as you aren't taking 30 dumps a day and using a whole role each time it wouldn't really help.

Answer 9

That is crazy. I suppose using less resources, no matter how small the change, helps some. But give me a break! You can do more for the environment by just driving a small car instead of an SUV!

Answer 10

silly cow is that the best she can come up with to save the planet. these people should keep their ridiculous ideas to themselves, oh i forgot she is a singer so she must be an expert on everything, aren't they all.

Answer 11

What would help the environment here is recycling both the toilet paper and the waste you put in. The silly saving of paper does nothing for anyone or the environment-waste all you want and recycle it after the flushing.

Answer 12

i think the point is to be more aware of how much you use!

over all i think it is a great idea!

and those napkins individual packaging for HUMAN conveince..

i think it's about time people start putting EARTH infront of humans for selfish needs!

not nessassary needs but it isn't nessassary for us to use napkins get a cloth and do it with your normal laundry!

i mean with all this being said

HOW DID THE HUMANS BACK IN THE DAY PRIOR TO CARS AND NAPKINS AND ALL THIS NEW STUFF TO MAKE OUR DAILY LIFES EASIER LIVE???? THEY DID LIVE YOU KNOW!~

Answer 13

it won't help my fellas underwear, i'll be forever washing them, which will take more electric to run the machine, and i'll be using more water.   who's going to come round and check evertime someone has a dump.  Don't say there gonna tax us on that soon!!

Answer 14

My 1st piece would be a CD cover of hers...

Answer 15

Don't know but I'm sure food poisoning would increase - some dumps are bigger than others - and those that spread! No chance with one piece!

Answer 16

Crows don't dump much anyway. Ugly birds don't have much use for paper to begin with. I sure won't shake her hand if I ever come across her.

Answer 17

Environment yes, society no. Unless you are Japanese (bowing) the fabric of society will disintegrate as noone will shake hands any more!

Answer 18

That's dumb. What if you ate something dodgy and got diorreah. Your hand would rip through the toilet roll. Gross.Sorry about the spelling.

Answer 19

I think she has too much time on her hands and I don't want to think about what may be on others.LOL I'm sorry but I am not able to accomodate her request.

Answer 20

this is why Lance dumped her!