Reducing the use of toilet tissue

 27,000 trees a day are flushed down the toilet.

It takes 3.5 tones of raw fiber to produce 2 tons of toilet paper.

Only around 30% of the world’s population uses toilet roll.

15% of deforestation is due to toilet paper alone.

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How Much Toilet Paper Is Used Per Year?

Average person toilet paper consumption

The average individual utilizes around 30 toilet paper rolls annually. In a family of four people, it is expected that 119 rolls of toilet paper are consumed every year. Since the first toilet paper roll was sold by Scott Paper Company about 1890, it took about 30 years for the product to be famous before the company became the top world supplier of toilet paper.

Toilet paper consumption in Europe

It is believed that every person in Britain flushes about 18.0 Kilos of tissue paper down the toilet annually, which is about two and half times the average of the entire Europe as per the toilet paper industry figures. The consumption of toilet paper in Britain is about a per capital 110 rolls, which is twenty-five times that of Ukraine, the lowest in all Europe. Per person North America consumption is about 15.7 Kilos lesser rolls which is far much more than the average of Western European countries that stands at 12.5 Kilos although it is still far much below that of the British. Across all the European Union countries, the new European nations around the Baltic Sea register 3.8 Kilos consumption on a yearly basis, which is about three times below the consumption of toilet paper in Germany.

Soaring consumption

Lots of research published has indicated that the consumption of toilet paper in Europe will increase by 40 percent on average over the coming years due mainly to increased world population and major improvements in world sanitation and hygene .

Consumption in the US

About six billion dollars worth of toilet paper every year are consumed in the United States and surpasses any other country across the face of the world. On average, Americans use about 22.6 Kilos annually or 57 squares of toilet tissue every day.

World Figures

The average consumption of toilet paper across the global stands at about 20,000 sheets or 100 rolls every year. Toilet paper production per day stands at about 84 million rolls.

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Source: blog.nationalgeographic.org • www.worldwatch.org • ecohustler.com • theguardian.com • southeastgreen.com