As softer tissue products are produced from fresh woods, it means that apparently, we tend to risk our environment rather than our butts. The fiber of fresh wood from living trees will produce much softer tissue paper than recycled paper, and recycled paper tissue is coarser than the products produced from fresh pulp.
And since softer tissue products were introduced and sold widely in the market, the demand for this product has raised beyond believe. William Yu, the founder and chief executive of World Green Organization explained. The consumption of tissue paper worldwide is far more than just one ton daily. In Hong Kong alone, based on the data collected in , daily consumption of tissue paper was about tons. It means that in just one part of the world, about 11, trees and 13 million gallons of water is required to fulfill the demand for the soft paper.
It is quite hard to imagine how many more trees and gallons of water needed to fulfill the worldwide demand. Let alone if we convert it to monthly consumption and annual consumption of tissue paper.
There are three main points that have become the concern in producing toilet papers: consuming trees, contaminating water, and use of chemicals. Thus, soft tissue paper belongs to one of the most harmful product that human ever created. United States of America is one of the choosiest country in the world based on how they choose toilet papers.
The fussy character of American citizen is based on a stereotype about recycled toiled paper. Greenpeace is among the most aggressive activists and conservationists group to fight against the American choosiness.
However, in their defense, the companies said that it is not their fault to commercially sell the luxurious toilet paper. Did you know the average American uses more than lbs. With the rise of the internet and ebook readers, it seems impossible that we could use that much paper. But think about these ways paper products are a part of your day:. This video by paper producer Stora Enso shows some of the many ways paper may be a part of your day:.
While plants like hemp and cotton have an important role in manufacturing, too, trees are a natural resource that cannot be replicated. For example, he explains, if a paper mill required tons per-day of wood in order to operate efficiently, that could be reasonably supplied by the forestry industry. We voluntarily undergo a rigorous process to qualify for these third party certifications, which are the highest standard in forestry sustainability.
These organizations also ensure that forest owners protect the environment in all of our forests, maintain wildlife habitat by limiting the amount we harvest in any given area, and never harvest more trees than we can continue to grow.
In the U. Check any paper or cardboard product nearby. If you look even further back in time, the U. Many of these companies, including Rayonier, invest in research to grow healthier, stronger trees than ever before. This is the second installment of our series, ItStartsWithTrees. It explains why trees are needed for medicines, hygiene products, eyeglasses frames, and many other surprising everyday items. Your email address will not be published.
Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Responsible Stewardship Environmental Social Governance. Done and done. However, mathematically, we can get an eyeball estimate, good for guessing how much a typical tree makes when on a walk in the woods.
To see the difference with our mythical conical tree, imagine it has a sibling, which is uniformly 18 inches from root to top, and also 40 feet tall. Now the volume is:. Not coincidentally, three times the volume of the conical trunk compare the formulas. And the estimate triples, to about 4, rolls per tree.
The math is here so you can do your own estimate, rather than rely on a number someone just posted or perhaps inserted into Wikipedia! And while there is quite a lot of wiggle room, roughly speaking, a solid 40 foot tree 18 inches wide can produce about 3,, rolls, with about 4, for pine or fir. If we average to 7 inches a radius of 0.
In their calculations, one ton of paper comes from 12 of these trees, for a grand total of And since our trees were roughly 7x as big Since our estimate is much higher at , , this means that the calculations are missing something, such as the amount of waste in the wood making process.
So, is it 1,? Personally, I would aim lower since waste in the paper making process was not discussed in this estimate and I expect there is a lot of waste.
How much toilet paper does a tree make? More or less.
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