Can you save money using recycled toilet paper and recycled tissues?
According to theecologist.org , each European uses 13 kg of toilet paper per year, ie. around 22 billion rolls Europe-wide, wow! Using recycled toilet paper saves a lot of trees, uses less energy (they say it takes 28-70% less energy to produce than 'normal' toilet paper), and uses less water . According to theecologist.org: 'for every tonne of paper used for recycling, the savings are at least 30,000 litres of water, 3,000 to 4,000 kWh electricity (enough for an average three-bedroom house for one year) and up to 95 per cent of air pollutants'. Is it cheaper? Well, Sainsbury's recycled toilet paper is FSC-approved and for 9 rolls costs 3.30 pounds, while their normal toilet paper costs exactly the same! So it costs the same to use the recycled paper, and is better for the environment. Sainsburys also sells recycled tissues ( 1.40 for a box of 90 tissues ie. 1.56 pound for 100 sheet) , way cheaper than Kleenex tissues ( 3.13 for 100 sheets) . So, ye