February 16, 2005

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China invented toilet paper. Now they are using too much of it. A survey has determined high toilet paper demand is affecting wood supplies. Shanghaiese use an average 8.5 kilograms of tissues and toilet paper a year, compared to the world average of 3.5 kg. This equals 140,000 tons of toilet and tissue paper, equal to 300,000 tons of wood for just Shanghai. Luckily technology is coming to the rescue before China's forests are literally wiped away.

A factory in Jiangsu Province has invented technology to make toilet paper and tissue from straw, and another one in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region can produce tissue from the dregs of sugarcane.
It cannot be as soft. The rising demand is being blamed on the demise of the handkerchief. The response? The establishment of a Handkerchief Commission to re-introduce the use of the small pocket cloth used mainly for nose-blowing. Out with little red books, in with little red hankies.

posted by Simon on 02.16.05 at 10:37 AM in the




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