Opt for toilet paper wrapped in paper instead of plastic.
Toilet paper not wrapped in plastic.
It all depends on your level of commitment to the cause and on weighing up the pros and cons.
Marcal toilet paper another eco friendly option for toilet paper without plastic packaging is 100 recycled with 504 2 ply sheets per roll and 48 rolls per case in a roll out package useful in storage and dispensing.
Americans use 8 million.
If you also want to avoid the plastic contained in the actual toilet paper it becomes a little more difficult.
It s not a huge issue that toilet paper is wrapped in polythene because we can recycle it along with carrier bags at our local supermarket but we still like to reduce plastic use as much as possible.
One more plastic problem solved.
Look for toilet paper at an office supply store or order from amazon.
It all depends on your level of commitment to the cause and on weighing up the pros and cons.
Make sure to compost the cardboard tube and the paper wrapped around the toilet paper.
If you already buy recycled toilet paper and simply want to avoid plastic packaging there are easy alternatives.
Plastic free toilet paper thanks to akiyo.
I have since switched to a different brand of toilet paper.
Whitened without chemicals containing chlorine bleach dyes or fragrances marcal is lint free and septic safe.
That s a lot of unnecessary paper from one box of 48 toilet rolls.
100 recycled toilet paper.
What doesn t sit well with me is the fact that each roll of toilet paper is individually wrapped.
If you also want to avoid the plastic contained in the actual toilet paper it becomes a little more difficult.
Paper whilst plastic free isn t environmentally neutral.
This is an old post.
As with seventh generation toilet paper the rolls come individually wrapped in thin paper.
You can find a location here.
What these rolls have that seventh gen s don t is the statement 50 of our profits are donated to build toilets.
A year ago i started hearing about an aussie toilet paper brand called who gives a crap that came wrapped in paper.
In fact zero wasters especially those of us based in the uk have had a bit of a bum deal when it comes to finding loo roll wrapped in paper instead of plastic.
I ve been leaning towards seventh generation individually wrapped 2 ply rolls of toilet paper because they are not only plastic free but they also contain the highest percentage of post consumer recycled content i ve been able to find.
If you can t store an entire case of toilet paper how many of the boxes wrapped in paper come buy 100 post consumer recycled tp and recycle the plastic film at the front of the grocery store.