Bumboo Bamboo Kitchen Rolls (funds rewilding)

Each year, millions of tree are chopped down daily (mostly in Boreal forests that are home to moose, elk, wolves and grizzly bears), just to make flimsy kitchen rolls, that are then wrapped in plastic. Just imagine the effect if everyone switched to recycled paper, bamboo or reusable cloths instead?

Bumboo Kitchen Roll is made from bamboo (a fast-growing grass, industrial bamboo is not the same as fresh shoots eaten by pandas). Also in an unwhitened version, for each sheet you buy from them, they rewild double that area in nature.

Do not flush kitchen roll, it is designed to stay strong in water (so could block toilets). If the sheet is clean or lightly used, add (torn) to home compost. Oily sheets should be binned.

If using with cleaners, choose biodegradable cleaning brands (unscented for pregnancy/breastfeeding/babies and affected medical conditions). Avoid essential oils near pets (citrus oils are unsafe, so don’t use to clean floors/counters). 

Due to concerns that some bamboo kitchen rolls have been founded to be blended with acacia (deforestation concerns) or eucalyptus (flammable trees with wildfire concerns). Bumboo has independent third-party testing on its site, to confirm its kitchen rolls are 100% bamboo.

Did you know that in Japan, nobody uses disposable paper towels? It’s because 11% of land is arable, so people there don’t have the luxury of creating landfills or even ‘industrial composting heaps’. If you’re fed up of sorting waste into two or three bins, know that residents of one Japanese town have to recycle into 45 categories.