The U.S. consumes more toilet paper than any other country, almost three rolls per person each week.
Tissue paper is a lightweight structured paper and has become one of the essential commodities of daily life. Hygienic Tissue paper products are generally made from one, 2 ply, three and up to six plies, Tissue Paper is made from different types of raw material: Wood-free (or chemical) pulp, Wood-containing (or mechanical) virgin pulp and Recovered (or Recycled) paper, Other fibers are now been used such as: Bamboo pulp and Wheat Straw pulp. The tissue paper came into use in 1920’s and since then the consumption of tissue paper has been consistently increasing. The continuous developments in the tissue paper industry have enabled individuals to lead a more sterile and hygienic life.
Following the United States’ annual use of 141 rolls of toilet paper per capita is Germany with 134 rolls and the United Kingdom with 127. Japanese consumers average 91 rolls annually, while the Chinese average just 49.
Estimating the U.S. tissue market to be worth $31 billion (and its expected to growth at an average of 2% 2018-2021), the report took the three biggest paper product producers in the U.S. to task: Procter & Gamble (PG), Georgia-Pacific and Kimberly-Clark (KMB) use no recycled content in their consumer toilet paper. However; In the Away-from-Home market companies like SCA Essity, Cascades Tissue, Clearwater Paper, Vondrehel, Sofidel, and Others. Do use some recycled content.
Yet; according to a spoesman for P&G in a Fortune.com report " Paper products made from recycled materials are less soft, less absorbent and lack the strength that products manufactured from virgin fibers can provide."
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