US toilet paper 'worse for planet' than gas guzzling cars <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/4862750/US-toilet-paper-worse-for-planet-than-gas-guzzling-cars.html>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/4862750/US-toilet-paper-worse-for-planet-than-gas-guzzling-cars.html The US devotion to multi-ply toilet paper is worse for the planet than gas guzzling cars, environmentalists claim. By Our Foreign Staff Last Updated: 2:49PM GMT 27 Feb 2009 6 toilet rolls in holders, bathroom: US toilet paper 'worse for More than 98 per cent of the toilet paper sold in the US is from virgin forests Photo: GETTY The vast majority of the paper used by American consumers is produced from virgin forests, while Europeans are more open to using recycled lavatory paper. Greenpeace this week launched a guide about the ecological impact of the use of toilet paper. Lindsey Allen, a forestry expert with the envirnmental campaign group, said: "We have this myth in the US that recycled is just so low quality, it's like cardboard." More than 98 per cent of the toilet paper sold in the US is from virgin forests, with the figure just under 60 per cent in Europe. US consumers consume significantly more of the paper than Europeans - reportedly three times as much. They are said to use 100 times paper per head of population than the Chinese. Allen Hershkowitz, a scientist at the Natural Resources Defence Council, said: "Future generations are going to look at the way we make toilet paper as one of the greatest excesses of our age. Making toilet paper from virgin wood is a lot worse than driving [petrol-thirsty cars] in terms of global warming pollution." American producers of the products maintain that there is ample choice for consumers, with recycled toilet paper - which involves less use of chemicals when manufactured - available widely in the US. <*}}}>< <http://www.halfthekingdom.org/on+allposters+today.html>on AllPosters today <*}}}><<*}}}>< <http://astore.amazon.com/halthekin-20>Catholic on Amazon <*}}}>< + <*}}}>< <http://www.holypostage.com/>Holy Postage <*}}}>< <*}}}><<http://www.halfthekingdom.org/>Half the <http://www.halfthekingdom.org/>Kingdom!<*}}}>< + "The fruit of abortion is nuclear war" - Bl. Mother Teresa + <*}}}>< <http://www.halfthekingdom.org/on+allposters+today.html>on AllPosters today <*}}}><<*}}}>< <http://astore.amazon.com/halthekin-20>Catholic on Amazon <*}}}>< + <*}}}>< <http://www.holypostage.com/>Holy Postage <*}}}>< <*}}}><<http://www.halfthekingdom.org/>Half the <http://www.halfthekingdom.org/>Kingdom!<*}}}>< + "The fruit of abortion is nuclear war" - Bl. Mother Teresa + --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Please note that I do not send or open attachments sent to this list. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Catholics on Fire" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Catholics-on-Fire May the blessing of Jesus and our Blessed Mother be with you -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
