LA Times Op-Ed: Coronavirus pandemic hoarding pushed me to give up toilet paper

[Mary]

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-04-13/toilet-paper-bidet-pandemic-coronavirus

This is actually a very good piece - and a good plug for bidets, which have never caught on in the U.S. but who knows, maybe they will now -

One thing I learned: it cites a 2019 report from the NRDC which states that toilet paper production has played a key role in the deforestation of the boreal forest in Canada. This is just sad!

Our air and water are getting cleaner with everyone staying home, maybe this pandemic will help save our forests too!

 

[Rufous McKinney]

has played a key role in the deforestation of the boreal forest in Canada

A news report on why did toilet paper- seemed to disappear- focused on the following- 1) many employed people are using industrial toilet paper at work, when out, etc; 2) now they are forced to stay home and have bought much more of the Virgin Forest toilet paper.

I've been wanting to- use warm water and just rinse off....using a little plastic bottle. Like after you have a baby, and are healing, you rinse off and it works great! (maybe then just use a hand towel after for damp).

This could at least reduce female use...so I seem to NOT have a single plastic bottle here with the right kind of top so you can squeeze and rinse...

But there has to be a way!! The big issue here for me is it takes forever for hot water to show up in my bathroom and I'll want to put warm water in the plastic bottle, not cold. Maybe if I could find an insulated bottle, to keep water warm for a few hours- then this method might work.

 

[Sushi]

I've been wanting to- use warm water and just rinse off....using a little plastic bottle. Like after you have a baby, and are healing, you rinse off and it works great! (maybe then just use a hand towel after for damp).

That is more or less what we did when I lived in India. Every bathroom/toilet had a water tap with a jug. I got used to it and carried a hand towel with me everywhere.

 

[Rufous McKinney]

That is more or less what we did when I lived in India

I do have a blow drier!

 

[Mary]

@Sushi , That cartoon is great!