Posted on 04/22/2010 7:24:39 PM PDT by JoeProBono
WASHINGTON, - An American Chemical Society report says a growing shortage of high-quality paper for recycling is threatening the supply of soft toilet paper.
The article by Melody Voith, senior editor of the ACS journal Chemical & Engineering News, explains the decline of newspapers and magazines and the growth of electronic communications have combined to reduce the availability of good white office paper, newsprint and other traditional recyclable paper that has been used to make soft bathroom tissue.
Voith explains recycled office paper itself is containing increasing amounts of recycled paper and that, in turn, decreases its usefulness for making high-quality personal paper that is soft enough to satisfy many consumers.
She says chemists are responding to the paper crunch by searching for new coatings, resins and other additives to improve the softness, strength and performance of today's recycled paper.
Good point...TP, the universal life saver.
Mega Rolls !
Whatta buncha baby ass babies! I use the New York Times and other MSN giants to wipe mine. Wanna examine it for evidence?
If it means the NY Times and the rest of the traitor rags all go broke, then it’s worth it.
LOL
Collateral damage.....
This was in France you know, during the enlightenment, just prior to the revolution. With the king in power, it was either be TP, or have your liver removed for patee.
I'd settle for Ginger and Mary Ann. But without the TP, I suppose after while, even they would lose their appeal..
No Sh!T!
If you could only pick one, Ginger or Mary Ann?
But without the TP
Even Thurston Howell III would swap green backs for a few rolls of TP.
This is a religious thread. Please don’t comment unless you use toilet tissue.
I heard that soft toilet paper was made from old growth trees, and that’s why environazis were against it. But now I hear that soft toilet paper is made from office paper. What’s true?
When toilet paper becomes a luxury item, we will have achieved communism.
Stick your behind to a mirror (sorry, but it must be done.) If you see a faint outline of this text: "Employees are our company's most important asset", then it is true, your toilet tissue was made out of office paper.
My family has been using leaves since 1625 here in the mountains. We invented littering and recycling [same thing].
That’s velvet compared to the stuff on that train.
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