Recycled Toilet Paper: Why and Where to Purchase

Help the environment with each toilet flush by using recycled toilet paper. Now that doesn't mean cleaning and reusing your used toilet paper as that would be quite disgusting.

There have been a handful of companies popping up over the years that take previously used paper and recycle it into another roll of toilet paper for consumer use. All you have to do is purchase the toilet paper and use it. And enjoy the helping the environment.

There are pros and cons to using recycled toilet paper. One con is that some say recycled bathroom tissue is too rough. That is a personal preference however so give it a try.

Here is why and where you can purchase recycled bathroom tissue.

According to the Natural Resources Defense Council if each U.S. household replaced one roll of new virgin fiber toilet paper at the equivalent of 500 sheets with a 100 percent recycled roll of toilet paper, collectively it would save about 424,000 trees. That's a lot of trees. Think of the time and effort saved not having to replace lost trees. And the air is fresher for it.

So where can you purchase recycled toilet paper? You can find many rolls of recycle bathroom tissue at online stores such as Treecycle at www.treecycle.com and Seventh Generation at www.seventhgeneration.com. You can also purchase various brands of recycled toilet paper at Pronto at www.pronto.com. The top selling brands of bathroom tissue do not used recycled materials so check out these brands you may not know about yet.

Here are some brands of 100 percent recycled toilet paper:

Ambiance, April Soft, Best Value, Earth First, Fiesta, Green Forest, Marcal, Pert,Seventh Generation, Sofpac and 365 by Whole Foods. Again, all of these toilet paper brands are 100 percent recycled. These companies also produce other recycle products including recycled napkins and recycled paper towels.

Many of these recycled bathroom tissue brands don't contain chlorine, dyes or fragrances. You'll be using a healthier tissue paper to wipe your most delicate parts. The recycled toilet paper is also safe for septic systems and good for low-flow toilets.

Recycled toilet paper costs a little more than non-recycled toilet paper depending on the brand of bathroom tissue. The larger the package the less it will cost per roll.

Give a couple brands a try until you find one that you like. Then tell your friends about your environmentally friendly quest to help save trees in the forest by using recycled bathroom tissue.