Though we use it every day, rarely do we contemplate potential advances in toilet paper science. Scott Naturals has debuted a new TP product at Sam's Club and Walmart which is manufactured without the addition of tubes or even adhesive, so every last piece of that roll is usable square sheetage.
The new paper isn't produced in a perfectly cylindrical shape due to the lack of a cardboard support structure, but the hollow rounded pentagram at the center is functional on most bathroom hardware. It promises to serve consumers in just the same manner as always without creating any more, er, waste.
Via: USA Today
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naturals han! nice...why cant they address the plastic wrapping problem...high time!
Susrith - what would you suggest they contain it in?
im still thinking and working on the idea...AT is a great platform to discuss these things so nothing wrong in a healthy discussion right..so why dont you start thinking
Birdablaze, paper of course! Everything used to come wrapped in paper. Sure, it's still considered a waste, but paper is recyclable and biodegradable - unlike plastic.
But Kindergarten kids around the world need those rolls for their craft projects!!
it's not considered a waste if there is practical reasons for the choices and no unused material. i've seen some tp individually wrapped in paper, but i'm not sure it could be sturdy enough to hold several rolls w/o basically being cardboard. you could sell them unwrapped, but i don't think many people will buy dirty tp.
my suggestion would be biodegradable corn plastic. but a lot of people have issues with using food crops for plastic.
The problem with wrapping it in paper is that people want to see what they're getting...so how do we fix that? Would a graphic or image on the front of the paper be enough to satisfy most people?
Looks like they're taking a step in the right direction though, good job!
The most environmentally friendly thing to do would be to switch to a bidet for most uses of toilet paper.
I'm not sure I see that happening a lot in America though.
anything other than white tp is silly anyway. make it plain white as a standard - no perfumes or dyes (do they even still do that). an image of the texture on the package would be fine.
I'm always skeptical about these kinds of things. Going tube free is great and all, but are they still putting the same amount of toilet paper in the roll? Or are they just trying to hide the fact that you're going to pay the same or more for less product?
If protecting the environment, shouldn't the toilet paper be packaged in either a cardboard box, brown paper bag style, etc instead of plastic?
I'm all for using biodegradable corn plastic. I don't really consider corn food. I'd rather use corn bags then have HFCS in every packaged food that I buy.
"I don't really consider corn food" -- seriously? What do you consider it? It's not -just- used for HFCS...
Most of the corn grown in this country isn't used for food anyway. It's used to feed animals since it's so cheap, although their digestive systems can't handle it.
No one forces consumers to buy 12 packs of TP. Let yourself air dry, if you are so inclined.
I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure "corn plastic" can not be composted or recycled in many large cities (eg, Vancouver). I've been trying to recycle or compost a "corn plastic" cup for the past couple of months with no luck. It's really not a very "green" product at all... at least some plastic cups can be recycled.
I like the idea, and I would buy it bun NOT at Wal-Mart...I don't give them my money.
doesn't corn plastic melt if you pour hot water into it? that was my/our experience of working with those cups at an icecream store.
2 things about a bidet...
1. i don't get how they work, do you use towels to dry off? someone please explain.
2. it's using water - which is at crisis more than anything else if I am not mistaken.
@ redlotus Um why would anyone pour hot water on a bag of tp wrapped in corn plastic?
@jenawithonen Everyone mistakes corn for a vegetable. It's not. It's a starch and it really doesn't have much nutritional value especially not the way that it is grown today and because of its versatility we use corn for so many things today other than for food so I understand why it wouldn't be considered "food" in the traditional sense.
I hope that these become available in NON-walmart stores sometime in the near future. I've always thought that TP is the worst thing to waste trees on, but can't bring myself to use cloth for this task ;>(