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Most people have a preference of 1-ply toilet paper or 2-ply toilet paper, and believe that 1-ply is a “greener” option. That may be the case because 1-ply does contain less paper compared with the 2 sheets contained in each roll of 2-ply toilet paper. But there is an even more environmentally friendly option that is available. That option is recycled toilet paper. Recycled toilet paper can be made from 100% recycled fiber and be Green Seal Certified. Green Seal Certified means that the toilet paper contains 100% recovered paper fiber and 75% post-consumer materials and meets the standards for bleaching, deinking, and packaging. Therefore, Green Seal products usually contain no added inks, dyes, or fragrances. On the other hand, premium toilet tissue often has added inks, dyes, fragrances, lotion or wax and usually has 2 plies of very finely pulped, new paper in it with a gentle softness to the touch. In comparison, some consumers consider the recycled toilet paper to be “scratchy” on the hands, but it works just as well as regular toilet paper and is comfortable to use. Non-recycled brands may be softer, but recycled brands certainly are greener and better for the environment! So for Earth Day why don’t you give recycled toilet paper a try?

Jumbo Toilet Paper Roll

Coreless Toilet Paper Roll

Most people think toilet paper is toilet paper, but that is not the case. There are actually three types of toilet paper: standard toilet paper, jumbo toilet paper, and coreless toilet paper. Each type has certain attributes that differentiate it from the others. For instance, the difference between a jumbo and a regular toilet paper roll is the size and amount of toilet tissue on the roll. Both standard toilet paper and jumbo toilet tissue is on a roll, but jumbo toilet paper contains more toilet paper per roll than regular (or standard) toilet paper. Then there is coreless toilet paper. Coreless toilet paper is not wound on a cardboard roll like standard toilet tissue is. Since it does not have the large cardboard roll, coreless paper provides more tissue per roll. To confuse things even more, coreless toilet paper comes in both jumbo and standard varieties. Jumbo coreless toilet paper has more toilet paper on the roll compared with standard. The jumbo and coreless toilet paper types are ideal for use in high-traffic areas such as offices, restaurants, or bars that have excessive toilet paper use because the larger rolls help to reduce the amount of run-outs, saving money and time because the rolls have to be changed less frequently than standard toilet tissue rolls. This is because each coreless jumbo toilet paper roll is equivalent in length to nearly 5 standard toilet paper rolls! That is why standard toilet tissue is commonly used in homes and small offices where less tissue is needed, while jumbo and coreless toilet tissue rolls are most commonly used in the commercial setting, such as office buildings, restaurants, or department stores.

If they are so commonly used for blowing noses…why are disposable handkerchiefs called “facial” tissue instead of disposable handkerchiefs or nose tissues? The reason for this is because of the use for which facial tissues were originally invented and marketed, and that was not for use as a throw away handkerchief to blow your nose. Kimberly-Clark Corporation first introduced Kleenex facial tissue in the mid 1920s as a way for women to remove cold cream from the face. Therefore, in their first marketing campaigns, Kleenex facial tissue was shown in Hollywood makeup departments with stars like Helen Hayes and Jean Harlow using Kleenex and cold cream to remove makeup from their faces. Despite these first advertising efforts, the public at large had a different idea for the use of these makeup removal facial tissues. In the two years following their introduction to the marketplace, Kimberly-Clark Corporation received numerous letters from consumers stating that they always used the facial tissues as disposable handkerchiefs to blow their noses instead of makeup removal. To test this as a potential way to market the Kleenex product, Kimberly-Clark conducted a test in an Illinois newspaper. In this test they placed and ran an advertisement showing the two uses of Kleenex facial tissue next to each other. The readers were asked which one was the most common use: as a way to remove cold cream from the face or as a disposable handkerchief for blowing noses. The data from the survey demonstrated that 60% of the readers used Kleenex as a disposable handkerchief. By 1930, Kimberly-Clark changed the advertising campaign for Kleenex, focusing on using the facial tissue as a disposable handkerchief, and sales doubled! Now you know why they are called “facial tissue” and not “disposable handkerchiefs”!

Why are kitchen paper towels so much more absorbent than toilet paper, dinner napkins or facial tissues in cleaning up large liquid spills? Kitchen paper towels can absorb more spilled liquid because, unlike a napkin, toilet paper, or a tissue, the paper making up a paper towel is woven together loosely. Being loosely woven lets water travel between the paper fibers in the paper towel, which in turn makes it a more absorbent paper product. Paper towels are loosely woven through 2 seperate manufacturing processes used in their creation. These processes are called creping and embossing. Creping creates more open areas for water to enter by using a blade, disrupting the fiber-fiber bonds in the paper towel and forming a folded structure within the sheet of paper. During embossing, the surface of the paper towel is changed to shaped from a flat surface, making raised areas that create empty space between the paper layers. The empty space in the paper towel lets the towel absorb and hold a large amount of water. In addition to creping and embossing, another factor in paper towel absorbency is the number of plies in the towel, 1-ply (or one-sheet) and 2-ply (or two sheet) thickness, with 2-ply kitchen paper towels being the most absorbent. Check out Bounty paper towels and Scott paper towels for yourself and check out if there is any difference in absorbency.