It’s amazing how a simple idea can spark a change. Toilet paper has been the same for hundreds, maybe even thousands of years. There’s the cardboard insert— and depending on your sensitivity—varying ply’s of paper. Well, now, for the sake of the environment– toilet paper is about to go tubeless! Say whaattt…? Manufacturer Kimberly-Clark has began selling Scott Naturals Tube-Free toilet paper at WalMart and Sam’s Club throughout the Northeast. I haven’t had a change to get my hands on one of these yet, because finding a Wal-Mart is like finding Waldo up here! If this line of toilet paper takes off, Kimberly-Clark may begin selling the product internationally.
My question is how do they do that? They said it’s a special spinning process, and even the last piece of toilet paper will be usable. Hmm… sounds too good to be true. Kimberly-Clark does admit that the holes aren’t perfectly round, but they do fit traditional toilet paper spindles.
According to Kimberly-Clark, approximately 17 billion toilet paper tubes account for about 160 million pounds of trash and could stretch to the moon and back if placed end to end. Now that’s a lot of rolls! As a hearty environmentalist, I commend their ingenuity, because it always escapes my mind to recycle the toilet paper cardboard – I just toss and get a new roll. Hopefully, other manufacturers like Proctor & Gamble will hop on the green bandwagon soon enough.
Welcome to the Green Side,
Attiyya
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