Much of the tissue pulp in the US comes from the boreal forest of Canada. This vast landscape of coniferous, birch, and aspen trees contains some of the last of the world’s remaining intact forests. It’s home to over 600 Indigenous communities, as well as boreal caribou, pine marten, and billions of songbirds.
Subsequently, how many trees are needed per person?
Using NASA satellite photos of Earth, we can calculate that the world supports roughly 61 trees per person.
In this regard, what kind of trees are used to make toilet paper?
The long, strong fibers of softwood trees like Southern yellow pines and Douglas-firs are used to make toilet paper strong. The shorter fibers of hardwood trees like oaks and maples give toilet paper its soft texture. Toilet paper gets its softness from virgin pine pulp.
Which company plants the most trees?
The clever folk at Ecosia, that’s who! So far Ecosia users have planted nearly 63 million trees and counting. Just imagine, if you use Ecosia whilst purchasing products from other tree-planting companies…