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Make your school or workplace a Wipe for Wildlife zone. It's easy and no one will notice, except for the wombats.
Regular toilet paper is made from virgin fibers, whereas recycled toilet paper is from 100% post consumer waste (textbooks and office paper). Recycled toilet paper keeps trees in the ground to absorb emissions created from other daily human activities.
All trees have an ecological value, some provide habitat for wildlife,they protect soil from erosion and they keep our air clean. Our environment is healthier with trees in the ground rather than down the toilet.
Recycled toilet paper is as silky as regular toilet paper, make the switch today and see if your family notices the difference.
Why is Zoos Victoria running this campaign?
What do you hope to achieve?
The Wipe for Wildlife campaign aims to:
What sorts of trees are used in the production of non-recycled toilet paper in Australia?
Most of the raw material used to make toilet paper in Australia is from softwood (wood from a conifer tree) – most likely pinus radiata or other plantation-grown softwood.
A proportion of toilet paper in Australia uses a blend of softwood and hardwood woodchip fibres (such as eucalyptus).
Softwoods are generally used for toilet paper production because they have longer fibres than hardwoods, which have small short fibres and are better used for high quality printing paper.
Most toilet paper in Australia is made from plantation timber anyway. Is this an anti-forestry campaign?
Why does your campaign only focus on toilet paper? What about the many forms of other recycled paper available?
Do you really think you can convince people to switch to recycled toilet paper, when non-recycled toilet paper is so much softer to use?
What things should I look out for when choosing a recycled toilet paper that is best for the environment?
Things to look out for in a good recycled toilet paper product are:
What does ‘post-consumer waste’ mean?
Post consumer waste is paper that has already been used for its final and intended purpose.
What sort of toilet paper is used onsite at Zoos Victoria?
[1] Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and Choice (consumer association).
If you're a tree flusher it's not too late. Switch to toilet paper made from recycled paper and help save wildlife!
Look for toilet paper that:
Contact: wipe@zoo.org.au