Recycled toilet paper (not as funny as it was)

I remember, when I was a kid, a little joke that would pop up every now and again and it went a little bit like this...

Kid 1: "Do you like recycled toilet paper?
Kid 2: "Eh?"
Kid 1: "Do you like recycled toilet paper? Do you? Do you?
Kid 2: "Uhh... Yeah.
Kid 1: "Eeeeeeeuuuuuwww! You like recycled toilet paper! Yuck! Hahahahahahahaha!

It was a good joke, one of those you could repeat every now and again and even though everyone knew it, it was funny.

It's not really very funny now though. Remarkably, even after more years than I care to remember an astonishingly low percentage of the paper we wipe our bits with is actually recycled. Much of it is made from virgin fibres - i.e. from trees cut down for that very purpose. Even more shockingly, material is even sourced from highly controversial and even illegal areas.

Even the perceived benefits of recycled products are degraded when fibres have been chemically bleached.

All this to wipe your arse on or mop up your kitchen spills.

The main Greenpeace campaign about Kimberly-Clark, manufacturers of Kleenex etc. is here - www.kleercut.net/.

And the WWF have done some detailed European research - here - on how best you can take action on this.

It's also nice that they point out you shouldn't try recycling your own toilet paper.

So, a little vote today. Do you:

a) Already use recycled paper products where possible
b) Haven't really thought about it, might do now though
c) Couldn't care less