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July 10, 2008

Green Gadgets: Proper Use of Toilet Paper Rolls

This is the first in a new "column" called Green Gadgets, written by guest blogger, Shane Conder, a tech-blogger.

I've always preferred to have the toilet paper roll with the paper coming over the top away from the wall rather than underneath and now I find an environmental reason to do so. This is the proper way, according to Current Configuration's article "Over is Right, Under is Wrong", to save trees.

The article goes in to the "science" behind this, but basically it breaks down to the tear point is farther back so you're more likely to use more paper. Additionally, when tearing with the paper coming down the back, you're more likely to have the roll spin and lose paper to the floor (who wants to use toilet paper off the bathroom floor?). All of this combined may be minimal savings for you, but multiply it by the billion or so people that have access to toilet paper and it might be substantial.

Posted by shane at July 10, 2008 2:14 PM