Toilet paper is one of the leading culprits in waste. When people make major strides toward lowering their environmental footprint, they often don’t consider making any changes to the waste coming from their bathrooms and kitchens. Napkins, paper towels, tissues, and toilet paper remain a large thing wasted daily because we have grown so accustomed to the convenience, we don’t think about making a change.
Of course, one change you can make is switching from paper products to reusable materials. You could stop purchasing paper towels and napkins, and instead, use fabric alternatives that you can wash and reuse to reduce your waste. While that’s only a minor inconvenience for paper towels and napkins, it’s a little different when it comes to toilet paper. Some may make the choice to make this change, but we realize that it’s not for everyone and could be a dramatic change for many.
WHAT IS TOILET PAPER MADE OF?
Traditional toilet paper is made from wood pulp like other paper products such as tissue paper and paper towels. Unlike traditional toilet paper that comes from trees, hemp toilet paper doesn’t come from pulp extracted from trees, it comes from hemp pulp. It’s much more sustainable, environmentally friendly, and it grows much quicker. As an added bonus, the hemp toilet paper cost is much lower than that of traditional toilet paper.
HOW TO MAKE THE SWITCH FROM PAPER MADE TOILET PAPER TO ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY TOILET PAPER
So what can you do to have more environmentally friendly toilet paper, trees left unharmed? Well, you can stop purchasing paper products (don’t worry, we’re not suggesting the reuse option again), and instead purchase alternatives made out of more sustainable materials, like hemp toilet paper and bamboo paper products. When making hemp toilet paper, tree pulp is not used, but rather pulp created from the hemp plant, which grows faster and easier than wood pulp. The process of making toilet paper made from hemp is also far less environmentally damaging than the alternative. If you don’t like the idea of committing to solely reusable paper towels either, we recommend looking into hemp paper towels as well.
IS HEMP TOILET PAPER SEPTIC SAFE?
Hemp toilet paper is not only septic safe, it’s actually way better for your septic system than traditional toilet paper. Thanks to the hemp toilet paper being biodegradable, it doesn’t clog up personal or city septic systems which save you time and money and spares you unnecessary stress.
CAN I MAKE HEMP TOILET PAPER AT HOME?
We’ll save you the time sifting through pointless Google results from “how to make hemp toilet paper” and just go ahead and tell you that, while yes it is possible, trust us when we tell you that you do not want to. The process of making hemp toilet paper is much better handled through a factory with tons of machines making it super easy.
WHERE TO BUY HEMP TOILET PAPER?
There’s a wide variety of places to purchase a hemp toilet roll, but, unfortunately, it’s rather difficult to find any hemp toilet paper for sale in the US. Humpies toilet paper is one brand, and sites like Alibaba have hemp toilet paper wholesale available, but many of those aren’t 100% hemp toilet paper, but rather a blend of hemp and other sustainable/recycled materials.
RELATED PRODUCTS
Even though we can’t find a lot of hemp tissue paper for the bathroom, we don’t want to leave you empty-handed. Here are some products that are related, but aren’t exclusively hemp toilet paper.
