“The vast majority of consumers don’t give their toilet paper purchase a lot of thought, because it’s pretty unbelievable that it’s fueling such devastating forest loss — something you use for a few seconds and then flush,” says the NRDC.
A view of the lush boreal forest in Canada.
"If you're buying a product that has to be made of wood, like a table, it is critical you look for the FSC label,” the NRDC report says. "However, there is no reason to make single-use tissue products from wood, and FSC certification simply isn't as beneficial to forests as avoiding the use of trees in these products altogether.
"One thing that's important to know about bamboo is that there is variability around where that bamboo is coming from," Vinyard explains. "Sometimes plantations are created on recently deforested land — and planted there, after the forest has been cut down, with the exclusive purpose of putting it in.
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