Scary toilet paper than cars

Super soft toilet paper is something we only use for a few seconds, but its negative effects on the environment can last for centuries, more than a car.

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According to statistics from the Council of Natural Resources Protection (an environmental protection organization based in New York, USA), 98% of raw materials for producing ultra-soft toilet paper in the US come from virgin forests. born. In the paper manufacturing process, factories use many toxic chemicals and they are released into the air, soil, and water.

In Europe, only about 40% of toilet paper is produced from recycled products. Wood is the raw material to produce the rest.

Allen Hershkowitz, a scientist from the Natural Resources Protection Council, said: 'Toilet paper is a product that we only use for a few seconds but leave a tremendous amount of ecological impact. Future generations will assume that the way we produce toilet paper is one of the most wasteful actions of our time. Producing toilet paper from primitive wood is one of the more scary things to do with Hummer drivers, in terms of environmental damage. '

Green Peace has launched a propaganda campaign on the ecological impacts of ultra-soft toilet paper in response to the aggressive marketing campaign of toilet paper manufacturers.

The United States is the world's most used toilet paper. On average, the amount of toilet paper that an American uses in a year is three times that of a British citizen and about 100 times that of Chinese people.

In the face of criticism from environmental protection organizations, many US toilet paper companies have spoken out. For example, Kimberly-Clark insists they buy timber from private Canadian farms to make paper, not to exploit it in the forest.