This is an interesting story published in Mental Floss Magazine. Americans spent 6 billion dollar a year on Toilet Tissue. The most interesting part is that, the Scott brothers who invented and popularized the toilet paper on a roll were so ashamed of the nature of their innovative work that they did not take proper credit of their innovation until 1902. A must read history of Toilet paper...read the full story here:http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs//archives/40088
After you read the history of toilet paper, please also read how our addiction to these disposable paper products are destroying our natural resources and impacting environment. National Resource Defense Council (NRDC), nation's most effective environmental action group claims that
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.
The council also publishes guidance for consumers and advises to choose the product wisely, see below:
To see the complete list of shopper's guide, visit http://www.nrdc.org/land/forests/gtissue.asp
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