Eco-friendly toilet paper

Sliced Bread

BBC

Health & Fitness

4.6 • 634 Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

How green can your loo roll be? Lots of companies have sprung up offering what they say are the most eco-friendly ways to wipe - and there's a lot to think about.

Listener Barbara buys recycled toilet paper - and wants to know if she's better off buying one of the bamboo options on the market. Jo already buys bamboo but is curious about the difference packaging and delivery options make.

To get them some answers, Greg Foot speaks to Shanta Bhavnani from Ethical Consumer magazine, who carried out its 2023 ethical toilet paper guide, and materials expert Dr Eral Bele of University College London, who's studied the properties of bamboo.

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PRESENTER: Greg Foot PRODUCER: Tom Moseley

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0:00.0	Hello, podcast fan.
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0:45.7	Hello, I'm Greg Foote and welcome to the show that investigates the ad-hyped wonder products promising to make us healthier, happier or greener.
0:49.7	Are they the best thing since sliced bread or marketing BS?
0:53.9	This week's suggestion comes in from Barbara Manson on the Morey Firth in Scotland.
1:00.6	Hi Greg, I try to walk as lightly on the earth as it's possible for me to do.
1:05.6	I've been using toilet paper that's been made out of recycled paper for quite a number of years, but it's becoming
1:12.1	really difficult to decide what toilet paper to buy. Do you get stuff that's made out of
1:17.3	recycled paper? Do you get stuff made out of bamboo? Do you get toilet paper that's made in the UK?
1:24.0	I'd really appreciate if you could look into it all and find out which is the most ethical and ecological toilet paper to use. Thank you.
1:33.0	I feel it may be worth saying that recycled toilet paper is not made from previously used toilet paper.
1:39.4	Toilet paper is very much a single-use thing. Recycled toilet paper is toilet paper made from recycled paper.
1:46.2	Just so we're all clear. As Barbara mentioned there, though, another material that so-called
1:49.9	eco-toilet paper can be made from is bamboo. And Joe Stutchbury in Newcastle got in touch to ask more
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