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Three rolls a week? Really?
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March 3rd, 2019
I’ve seen several reports on how Americans’ demand for disposable paper products is devastating Canadian boreal forests, those way up north. Here are a few:
Do we Americans really use nearly three rolls of toilet paper a week? Do you? It seems improbable to me.
Let’s count.
Yesterday I put a fresh roll in both bathrooms, noted the date and time, and counted how many rolls were left. In one week I’m going to check and see how many we’ve used. There are three people in my household, so if we’re “average” by those reports, we’ll be down by nine.
I just don’t see it.
But I’ll come back in a week and report my findings. Will you?
I’m sorry about the Canadian forests, and I don’t think this is a right use of such a precious resource. But I also think three rolls a week is a hell of a lot. Something else must be going on. Are they being sold secretly to Pyongyang, perhaps?
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