Benefits Of Bamboo Toilet Paper

David Smith
3 min readJun 21, 2020

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With all of the talk about the environment recently it’s nice to know that there is one product that is evolving to meet the needs of a warming planet. Toilet paper made from bamboo is not only better for the environment it is actually just a better version of the toilet paper you have been using all of your life. Using eco-friendly toilet paper is something you can do right now to fight against the pollution and deforestation that have been happening on our planet for far too long. Today, we will look at all of the benefits of bamboo toilet paper.

Bamboo is better than trees

Bamboo is much better than traditional toilet paper for many reasons, but let’s look at the bamboo plant itself. Bamboo can grow as much as three feet in only a single day. This much growth means that you are getting paper from a plant that will grow back faster than toilet paper grown using deforestation and mass tree clearing. Best of all, you do not have to kill the bamboo plant to harvest the paper from it, making it easier to get more from the same area of earth being used.

Bamboo uses less water

The bamboo plant uses about thirty percent less water than trees, and that means less irrigation, less fertilization, and less pollution running downstream. Because it uses so little water the bamboo plant will actually end up pumping out more oxygen than any tree. In fact, an acre of bamboo will fix about twenty-five metric tons of CO2 in a year, that is a staggering amount. With less water used and more oxygen being pumped out it really is a no-brainer to use bamboo for your toilet paper needs.

Bamboo does not need to be replanted

Bamboo can be harvested without killing the plant, in fact, it must be harvested to keep the bamboo plant from dying. Bamboo will grow all the way up until it is ready to sprout seeds, once the bamboo plant does sprout these seeds it will die. However, with regular harvesting, the bamboo plant will grow and grow and continue to be able to be harvested to make the toilet paper that is getting such rave reviews.

Bamboo is the future

Considering the fact that bamboo grows up to 39 inches a day all while being very environmentally friendly it should come as no surprise that this amazing wood is suddenly being used in a massive variety of products, all with the goal of saving the environment. Nowadays bamboo is used to make toothbrushes, furniture, flooring, even sunglasses, so it is not a stretch to see why bamboo toilet paper is such a hot item.

Softer and stronger

Toilet paper made from the bamboo plant is softer and stronger than traditional toilet paper. The bamboo plant is more fibrous than ordinary wood and that makes it stronger, and you can’t deny the softness when you feel a roll of bamboo toilet paper, it really is very noticeably softer than any kind of toilet paper you have ever tried.

With so many different reasons listed above about why bamboo is simply the best choice for toilet paper, it would be a shame if you did not try it out. Of course, the main reason bamboo toilet paper is superior is the environmental effect. Just by switching our brands of toilet paper to bamboo, we will be contributing to the effort underway by so many people today to save the planet. We only have one planet and taking care of it must be our top priority. So, don’t wait, go out and try some bamboo toilet paper today, you won’t regret it!

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