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If you do this, make sure you keep quiet about it -- you wouldn't believe the aggravating jokes, if not outright disgust, when people hear the words "recycled toilet paper." I guess they envision it being made from other people's toilet paper.

I stopped buying the stuff, mostly because the Seventh Generation brand, at least, is just darn uncomfortable, scratchy and nonabsorbent. My ex called it "John Wayne toilet paper"....

I'm trying to follow... 1.7 billion gallons?

What about Marcal? They say 100% recycled, so I've been buying their paper towels, napkins, and toilet paper. Recycled from what, I don't know... but I'd like to!

I presume it means gallons of water saved in the processing and bleaching of the wood pulp, etc.

I use Marcal, also. Maybe a higher percentage of it is pre-consumer.

I actually like seventh generation toilet paper. I don't like the fluffy, linty stuff. Maybe that makes me a hard ass ;).

Yes, it looks like Marcal uses 40% post-consumer paper. But it is more available for me, and not too expensive. And it is 100% recycled.

I've been recycling since the 80s. I don't commute and I'm downright stingy about using my car. I've even given up disposable plastic water bottles. But I draw the line at recycled toilet tissue -- and facial tissue -- because it's just too @#$% scratchy.

I'm with purlgreyhound. I don't like the fluffy stuff either, but have yet to find a recycled brand I can tolerate. I guess that makes me a soft ass :)

I'm sorry, I simply don't have a square to spare.

Out of curiosity, is more energy used to recycle toilet paper than to make new toilet paper?

I work at home and just hop in the shower and clean off with the handheld shower nozzle. A retrofit bidet gizmo might be nice to have too (like the Toto Washlet).

All paper does, recycled or now, is just spread it around.

Have fun rubbing your bum with sandpaper.
I'll stick to my charmin.

I've used recycled TP for years. Who needs to know, really? It's not like your guests are going to ask, "So, where's the bathroom, and what brand of TP do you have on hand?"

I know some people from middleeast or southeast asia keep a pet bottle handy by the toilet and wash themselves after...you know...
I thought it was environmentaly friendly, but then we still have to consume water.
Which is a greener solution??

"I work at home and just hop in the shower and clean off with the handheld shower nozzle"

Why not just go out in the woods and use leaves to wipe up?

Poster, that was just oversharing.

I had a Toto bidet toilet installed when I replaced the master bath toilet. My brother will walk to the other side of the house rather than use it!! At first, my housemate wouldn't use it either. Now that he has used it, he likes it. Expensive. But, when I move, my Toto is going with me and I'll have my plumber install a basic toilet in this house. My personal choice in bathroom tissue would be soft/fluffy.

I lived with my grandparents when I was a teen in Brazil for a couple of years and I remember there was a bidet in every bathroom in every house, restaurant, you name it. I remember when I saw my bathroom when my grandmother was showing me around and I asked why there was a waterfountain in the bathroom. I felt silly when she explained but I was born here so she stopped laughing only after 2 minutes.