The article I chose to read this week talks about the environmental damage using toilet paper puts on our earth. The United States is the only country in the world that uses toilet paper to the extent that we do which means millions of trees are cut down per year to satisfy the toilet paper needs in just the US alone. Not only does toilet paper use up our tree resources, it also uses up water resources. Each roll takes up to 37 gallons of water to make, which is a ridiculous amount of water for one roll of paper. If Americans do not want to switch their ways to a bidet, the there is always recycled paper that can be used which just will not be as soft, but the future generations will be thankful of this change.
AuthorHigh school student in pursuit of a career in Environmental Science Archives
March 2016
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