The Guardian has a rather strange article. They note:
Hoarding during the Covid-19 pandemic underlined just how important loo roll is to the British public. But working from home had another unexpected effect: less waste paper from offices, which means less recycled material to make toilet roll. New research by Ethical Consumer magazine shows that the three main toilet brands have cut the amount of recycled paper in their tissues. It said the use of virgin wood pulp was fuelling deforestation, although paper-industry advocates dispute this. The consumer organisation recommended that people avoid buying Andrex, Velvet, Cushelle, Regina and Nicky because more material used to make them is taken from felled trees. It found that Kimberly-Clark, which makes Andrex, cut the amount of recycled fibre it uses for tissue and personalcare products to 19.3% in 2021, down from 29.7% in 2011.
Trees are plants and are grown the same way as carrots, strawberries, apples etc. One plants trees, grows them, harvest them and start all over again. Deforestation is a totally different construct. It is the removal of all vegetation and never to return.
I grow trees. Dozens at a time. They are in pots and then removed. Is that a deforestation? Hardly.
Also, this makes me look more closely at toilet paper! Interesting thought.
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