Who Gives A Crap Facial Tissues - Pack of 12 Forest Friendly Tissues, Ultra Soft Tissues Free of Inks, Dyes, or Scents

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Forty-eight biodegradable, three-ply cushy rolls that shouldn't hurt your septic tank. This is Who Gives A Crap’s most luxurious TP! So, through a crowdfunding campaign, Who Gives A Crap was started with the goal that 50% of their profits are to be donated to build toilets and improve sanitation where it’s needed. However, while Alexander says Who Gives A Crap’s toilet paper is on par if not better than many of its competitors that use virgin pulp, he knows there is still a section of the market that is used to the most premium toilet paper and won’t want to give that up. “What we’ve done to account for that consumer is look for an alternative fiber that was better for the environment but also has the same quality that they were used to,” he says. The result of that search: bamboo.

If you’re trying to be more eco-friendly, finding more sustainable solutions to products you use every day is an easy way to lower your impact. Stasher bags and reusable totes might have helped you cut down on your single-use plastic waste, but the paper products you throw away and flush down your toilet every day also have a devastating impact on the environment. A 2020 update of the NRDC research found that clearing of the boreal was continuing at the rate of a million acres a year to create products like toilet paper and that the biggest brands continued to make their tissue products from 100% virgin fibre.

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Toilet paper was one of the first “zero waste” swaps we made when we started living zero waste. We know that technically, using a non-reusable product like toilet paper isn’t “zero” waste. But living zero waste for us means being more mindful of our choices, so that we can reduce our impact on the environment. the 100% bamboo toilet paper was both stronger and softer than the 100% recycled toilet paper, but they were pretty close. So, basically that means trees are being cut down just for the purpose of wiping our bums. They call this the tree-to-toilet pipeline.

The baby has never had a disposable wipe, so why should we? It feels decadent now to be using paper when our one-year old doesn't, and his dirty wipes just get washed. And we eat the same things!"They got a middle rating if they used between 50% and 75% recycled fibre and had clear, dated targets for increasing their use of recycled fibre to 75% or more. When recycled paper is bleached without chlorine, it is known as Process Chlorine Free (PCF) because previous use of chlorine in the recovered paper can’t be ruled out.

While bamboo may be more environmentally-friendly than wood, it is still a raw material. The benefit of 100% recycled toilet paper is that it can be made without using new materials, providing a use for paper collected through recycling schemes, which can be sourced in the UK. It doesn’t tend to be as soft as bamboo, but it’s often made more locally. Separating the fibres to make pulp for papermaking takes far fewer resources when those fibres are recycled from recovered paper than when they’re derived directly from trees. Recycling is simply more efficient. It cuts down no trees, uses less energy and water, produces less solid waste, and diverts paper away from landfill. Okay, so now that you get why I wanted to move away from conventional toilet paper, let’s get personal and focus on my individual experience with this brand. Here’s my full Who Gives a Crap review! What did you try?FSC 100% means that all the materials in the product are sourced from forests that have been audited by an independent third party to confirm they are managed according to FSC social and environmental standards. The aim of its certification scheme is to confirm that forests are managed in ways that preserve biodiversity and benefit the lives of local people while remaining economically viable. The FSC has been subject to criticism over many years for the failings of its certification system, with multiple scandals involving certified wood coming from illegal or harmful sources. PFAs (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are chemicals that possess water and grease-repelling properties and are used in thousands of consumer products. Known as ' forever chemicals' because they don’t break down in water, they can spread over long distances and are toxic to humans and wildlife, interfering with hormonal, reproductive and immune systems. I was able to try out their premium 100% bamboo toilet paper, their 100% recycled toilet paper, and even their forest friendly tissues.