is there any soft brand of toilet paper that isn't pulped through Koch bowels first?

[Generic Other]

Just wondering because I have to go to the store.

[Auntie Bush]

1. That's funny...I pondered the same thing yesterday at the store and

planned on looking up which brand they owned before buying any toilet paper.
Does anyone remember which one it is? Someone posted it here...which unfortunately I failed to copy.

[Generic Other]

3. there is Scott tissue which is institutional grade

and very rough. Like TP stolen from a gas station if you ask me.

[SPedigrees]

7. My brand. Sure better than poorly compressed lint of other brands.

[Warpy]

18. Hey it sands those hemorrhoids right off!

I use it because it's about the only thing that doesn't clog an ultra low flow desert toilet. I'm quite used to it.

The worst stuff was the colored and perfumed stuff my mother used to buy. It broke my arse out every time I visited.

[Frustratedlady]

14. nothing with the georgia-pacific on it. think no gp no bp

sorry for the lowercase. i broke my hand.

[lonestarnot]

2. Scott, but as the name may convey, prollee not sa soft.

General Scott wasn't sa soft. :7

[Generic Other]

4. Well in the days when it was a choice between him and the pages of the sears catalog

maybe Scott got the nod. hehe.

[lonestarnot]

9. Works for me!

Now who makes preparation H?

[pansypoo53219]

16. scott has some new extra soft which is better to me than

cottonelle OR northern crap. the new northern commercials are pissing me off as well. scott has a recycled paper TP too. i do like the scott TP.

[Trailrider1951]

5. LOL, my Charmin Basic says "Proctor and Gamble"

Here is a link that supports the idea that Charmin is an alternative:

http://myfivebest.com/dont-be-a-koch-head-boycott-these-products/

The Charmin Basic is soft, strong, absorbent, and not too expensive. What's not to like?

[Ed Suspicious]

6. We use scott,

It has the added benefit of me feeling as though I'm using Scott Walker to wipe my ass.

They make a softer version as well, so shop around a bit.

[morningglory]

12. Or, here in Florida, Rick Scott! Good one. But seriously,

A plumber told me Scott paper is easiest on the septic tank, that is to say, it dissolves.

[Turbineguy]

8. Books

"authored" by Bush or Palin?

[Fridays Child]

10. Last year, our napi21 came up with this Koch product list.

(Georgia-Pacific products)
Angel Soft toilet paper
Brawny paper towels
Dixie plates, bowls, napkins and cups
Mardi Gras napkins and towels
Quilted Northern toilet paper
Soft 'n Gentle toilet paper
Sparkle napkins
Vanity fair napkins
Zee napkins
Georgia-Pacific paper products and envelopes
All Georgia-Pacific lumber and building products *more detailed list below*
(INVISTA Products)
Lycra
Stainmaster Carpet
CoolMax

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9110900

I buy Kirkland toilet paper at Costco, an exceedingly blue company.

[subterranean]

11. Angel Soft, Quilted Northern and Soft 'n Gentle are the ones you want to avoid.

For paper products in general, if you see "Georgia-Pacific" anywhere on the label, look for a different brand.

[siligut]

13. Just don't buy Georgia-Pacific products

The logo is a blue triangle, with GP in the center IIRC.

[FedUpWithIt All]

15. Flannel cloth.

There is an increasing number of people who are moving over to cloth tp.

According to Charmin, consumers on average use 8.6 sheets per trip to the bathroom. That's a total of 57 sheets per day and an annual total of 20,805 sheets. There are 230 million adults in the U.S., each averaging a roll and a half per week. Since each roll of toilet paper averages about .5 a pound of paper, that's about 40 pounds of TP per year.

That equals 4.6 million tons of TP used each year. And that's just from adults. To take the calculation even further, if all U.S. adults used only Charmin toilet paper or the like (aka "virgin fiber" with 0% recycled content or post-consumer waste), the environmental cost is approximately (not including the issues with Dioxin):

78.2 million trees
1.35 million tons of air pollution
32 trillion gallons of water
2.1 trillion gallons of oil
18.75 trillion Kilowatt hours of energy

Seems rather ridiculous, no? Just for wiping our butts? If you are appalled by these numbers, now's your chance to join in with a group of intrepid wipers and make the switch.

http://www.thecrunchychicken.com/2009/08/cloth-wipe-challenge-2009.html

Better for the environment, less shipping.

:hi:

[Generic Other]

17. hardcore!

Wow. Funny mostly the men seemed squeamish about it.

[FedUpWithIt All]

19. Men are definitely more squeamish.

But cloth for urine only isn't even a real issue for most men.

Using the cloth for urine waste only is a very easy change and we have some on hand that we use occasionally. I do our laundry largely by hand so we've been incorporating the cloth for urine only use. We've been slowing bringing this choice into our life because we're working toward using only a composting toilet system in the near future. In a septic or composting system it really cuts down the fill factor of the system to move away from tp as much as possible. The urine only use also cuts out an unbelievable amount of typical tp use. Most toilet trips are urine only.

People are understandably put off by the idea but the concept of urine only cloth is actually cleaner than things like a cloth diaper system which people really aren't bothered by.

I think as the next few years roll on people are going to be looking more closely at these types of options. If prices for everything keep going up while incomes stay the same (or decrease) and the planet suffers increasing natural devastation, options like easy, soft, inexpensive, reusable toilet cloths might begin to seem like a luxury.