Toilet paper is an everyday essential to the point where most people do not put any thought into the effort of picking a bundle of toilet paper rolls and stuffing them into the shopping cart. There might be a brand that they regularly use, but beyond it, what are the chances of carefully considering your options when it comes to toilet paper? Quite slim, but the truth is that you might actually need to do so. Here are some of the important pointers to focus on when you next reach the alley of bathroom essentials:
- Chlorine and bleaching – high quality toilet paper is generally white, and as humans, we tend to be attracted to the pure white paper rolls than to the brownish paper rolls. However, there is a good chance that the whitest of paper rolls actually uses chlorine to bleach the papers, and as everybody knows, that is not good – neither to you not to the environment. Look for badges or signs in a brand that indicate no chlorine or bleaching was used in the production of the roll. If they are too white to be true, being careful is a good choice.
- Cost – it might be surprising, but it is a fact that the average person uses a copious amount of toilet paper. Which is why almost every person – well-off or otherwise – jumps at the chance to buy bulk toilet paper. And you rightly should: supermarket sales for toilet paper can be very advantageous, since having too much toilet paper is simply not true. What you should keep in mind, however, is whether the sale is actually providing you with an economic advantage or not – the calculator of your smartphone (or just about any phone) comes in handy in such instances.
- Wipes – if you are the type stock up on wipes in your bulk paper towel dispenser or otherwise, it might be worth it to take a minute and find out whether the particular brand you are using does actually disintegrate as stated – after all, most brands of wipes and paper towel do claim they will disintegrate in the water, but the truth is that brands simply do not even after hours in the water. And what does this mean? Clogged up sewers overtime if you flush the said wipes or towels down the drain. The solution is to either give up the wipes, find another brand that actually works or to instead toss them into the trash bin.
- Recyclable – and finally, more and more toilet paper brands are including recycled paper in their production lines. Since, as was mentioned above, an astounding amount of toilet paper is used by people, this is actually a very good thing, and one you should endorse.