Coreless Toilet Paper

I have always found it interesting that new environmentally sustainable products usually become available for residential or commercial use at different times rather than at the same time.  For example, I’ve had a few vendors promote their new coreless toilet paper.  This means there is no cardboard role in the center of the toilet paper.  From a business point of view this can mean huge savings.  Think about how often you’ve used a public bathroom and found a roll of toilet paper sitting on top of the dispenser.  Usually this was put there because the custodian came in to check the roll and replace what was needed while leaving behind that partial roll that wouldn’t last until the next bathroom check.  Now, how often do you think that partial roll gets used having been moved to the top of the dispenser?  Have you ever used that roll?  Anyone familiar with custodial work will admit to usually finding it in the garbage or stuffed in a toilet after a flood.  Not only is the flood unfortunate but the amount left on the roll could easily be equivalent to fulfilling the needs of 10-15 more people.  Add this up over the year and all the public bathrooms in a building (think about an office tower), and you have a huge wasted toilet paper.  We haven’t even gotten into looking at all the cardboard wasted with each roll.  This coreless toilet paper will save you not only all of that waste but you also gain extra tissue in the center of the roll.  Compare the images below that are an example of a cordless product and a normal cardboard center.

Coreless

Standard Toilet Roll

I’m awaiting for a ruler that can be used to estimate the waste left on a cardboard roll and once I receive it I’ll post a picture of it.

Now you tell me, wouldn’t you rather have the coreless roll than the cardboard one in your home?  Before some of you ask, yes the roll is perforated so no need to tear the tissue like the old big rolls you’d find in some bathrooms.

Old Big Rolls