Most Toilet Paper, especially brands like Charmin from P&G, are cut from old-growth forest, which is way worse for our planet than losing new growth.

There are brands like https://cloudpaper.co that offer Bamboo-based TP, which can be had for nearly the same price when bought in bulk:

  • Charmin (Walmart): 24 mega rolls (286 sheets each), $26.48 ($0.0038 per sheet)
  • CloudPaper: 80 rolls (300 sheets each), $91.99 ($0.0039 per sheet)

So just $0.0001 more per square, or $0.03 per roll more.

While there are many other brands out there, including some that use recycled paper, this was the best one we found from a renewable standpoint (and price). It’s about the same as Charmin Extra Strong, but with a bit more “springiness” to it.

  • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comOPEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Mainly the fact that the recycling process itself is quite intensive, especially the bleaching required. Bamboo brands (no matter which you chose) seemed to just be a better option because of that.