Mama gnome went to Gnomeco to buy ecofriendly toilet paper.
But when she rounded the corner, Mama gnome almost dropped her pointy hat.
She saw the usual pallet where they stored super green toilet paper was now stacked with firewood!
Was it not enough to take away the good toilet paper, but they had to replace it with more cut down trees for future burning and releasing of more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere?
Did Gnomeco intend for Mama gnome to... as young gnomelet would put it... "freak out" in the middle of the household stuff aisle?
Mama gnome stood and stared at the pallet of firewood.
She rubbed her eyes and blinked a few times but the firewood remained.
She trudged around the next few aisles as fast as her gnome legs could trudge...but saw no sign of the super ecofriendly toilet paper.
Mama gnome made a mental note to head to Trader Gnome's to buy green toilet paper since Gnomeco declared super green toilet paper... toilet paper ingrata.
If you wonder why Mama gnome was upset with Gnomeco it's because not all toilet paper are created equal.
The most bought toilet paper and readily available toilet paper are made from virgin fiber which means from chopped down trees.
The least bought toilet paper and hard to find toilet paper are made from recycled paper, and the best toilet paper would be made from recycled paper with high postconsumer paper waste content.
This quiet unassuming toilet paper saves trees because it's made from recycled paper instead of virgin tree fiber.
According to this post, American humans use "about 50 pounds of tissue products per person every year. This is 50% more than the consumption rate in Western Europe and Japan."
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) states:
"The pulp and paper industry may contribute to more global and local environmental problems than any other industry in the world. Paper manufacturers reach deep into species-rich forests for virgin timber, razing trees, polluting waterways and destroying precious wildlife habitat. Pulp and paper mills that use virgin timber are major generators of hazardous air pollutants, including dioxins and other cancer-causing chemicals. And the industry is the third largest industrial emitter of global warming pollution."
"The virgin timber-based pulp and paper industry is the third greatest industrial emitter of global warming pollution. Its carbon dioxide emissions are projected to double by 2020."
According to NRDC,
If every household in the United States replaced just one roll of virgin fiber toilet paper (500 sheets) with 100% recycled ones, we could save 423,900 trees.
video from: rainforestproject
Please visit NRDC's site to see the list of paper products.
Pick the quiet unassuming toilet paper that saves the world.
Pick Clark Kent and Superman in one fell swoop and go Green!
(c)2010 Jenaelha, Friendly Gnome's Blog
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