Almost 10 million trees are cut down yearly to make toilet paper (mostly in Boreal forests – home to bears, elk, wolves and moose). Most brands use chlorine bleach (or chemicals for coloured bathroom tissue) and thick luxury brands clog pipes, causing plumbing issues and garden floods). And most brands are sold in plastic packaging (Tesco and Sainsbury’s now offer 2-ply eco bathroom tissue in paper packaging). But you’re still best subscribing online to smaller ethical brands.
Bazoo bamboo bathroom tissue (enter code at checkout for £10 off) is a brand set up by friends who left jobs in legal admin and constructing marquees, to offer luxury 3-ply bamboo tissue in recycled paper packaging (which profiles animals threatened by deforestation) or there’s a cheaper unwrapped option. The ‘naked box’ includes one wrapped roll to show off to bathroom visitors! The team protects 100m2 of endangered rainforest habitat for each purchase, to help wildlife and reverse climate change.
Naked Sprout (coupon code englandnaturally for 10% discount) makes affordable recycled paper toilet roll, using green energy from local waste. In plastic-free packaging, it costs the same as leading brands and has fabulous reviews. Unbleached, the double-length 2-ply rolls are made with green energy, and available on subscription. The company also makes luxurious bamboo toilet roll, using green energy. It costs the same as leading brands and has fabulous reviews.
Serious Tissues is England’s first carbon-neutral toilet roll, made in the Midlands from 100% recycled newspapers and cereal boxes, free from dyes and scents and sold in plastic-free packaging. Each roll contains 250 rolls of thick 2-ply paper (better value than supermarket brands that offer 150 to 200 sheets) and is naturally off-white, using non-chlorine bleaching agent to remove inks. The company can also supply wholesale to shops, offices, pubs, restaurants, hotels, tourism establishments etc. A tree is planted for each box sold (so far a million trees planted in the UK, Nepal, Indonesia, Madagascar, Mozambique, Kenya, Ethiopia, Haiti, Colombia and South America).
Who Gives a Crap? (the company’s Aussie, hence the cheeky name) offers affordable rolls of thick 3-ply sheets. Each roll has 400 sheets, delivered in boxes of 24 or 48 rolls, in beautiful paper packaging. The company also makes extra-cushy 3-ply bamboo bathroom tissue in colourful paper packs. Use code TP4EVA for £5 off your toilet paper subscription (one time discount valid for new subscribers, cannot be used with other discount code). The company also helps, by donating 50% of all profits to projects that provide clean sanitation, in developing countries.
an inventive sustainable wet wipe alternative
Disposable wet wipes are the reason for most blocked toilets, and the third most common source of beach litter. ‘Flushable’ wet wipes are responsible for around 90% of all sewer blockages in England. But with a market worth over £20 billion worldwide, lobbyists push governments to avoid bans.
Suitable for sensitive skin, Bazoo biodegradable toilet paper gel (redeem code at checkout for £10 off) creates instant wet wipes, by squirting a pump on a few sheets of bathroom tissue.
This unisex gel biodegrades and naturally dissolves in water as you flush it, so you can rest assured there will be no nasty chemicals in our waterways or blockages for which you’ll have to call the plumber. And the team protects 100m2 of endangered rainforest habitat for each purchase, which helps to protect wildlife and reverse climate change.
