“Look what you’re doing. You’re fighting over
!”
As a result
of on-going corona virus pandemic outbreak over the
world
, humans have to suffer from the
panic
buying
begotten
panic
buying. It is easy to get numerously recent news about intense fighting among people to grab essential goods, especially tissues/
toilet
paper
, the indispensable and coveted
household
item
besides
masks and hand sanitizer among corona
panic
. “Retailers in the US and Canada have started limiting the number of
toilet
paper
packs customers can buy in one trip. Some supermarkets in the UK are sold out. Grocery stores in Australia have hired security guards to patrol customers”, said Scottie Andrew, CNN. Are people still going to fight to grab
for using during
this
panic
when they are buying up more quickly than tissues can be restocked? Alternatively, bidets are
choice ever at
this
time.
It is now generally agreed that people worldwide should
use
or
bidet
to clean their posterior after defecation because it considerably minimizes long-term damage to the global
environment
, reduces annual costs of buying
toilet
paper
and provides important
health
benefits.
Toilet
paper
: Stressful on the global
environment
It is apparently that
bidet
sprayer or
bidet
is considered as a key of green apparatus in that using any kinds of
bidet
can save not only the old-growth forest but
also
other natural resources including
water
, fuel and electricity.
In particular
, the environmental effects of
toilet
tissue
get even worse when we look at how wasteful process to manufacture
toilet
paper
is.
As can be seen from the image above,
tissue
products
such
as
toilet
paper
,
paper
towels and facial tissues are made from wood pulp, which directly leads to widespread deforestation around the
world
. Apparently, the Natural Resources
Council (NRDC),
international nonprofit environmental organizationSuggestion
an international nonprofit environmental organization
the international nonprofit environmental organization
that cooperated on the study released that the majority of these raw materials, which are trees, are derived from Canada’s boreal forests. Indeed, according to
World
Wildlife Fund (WWF), the planet witnessed approximately 270,000 trees a day effectively ripped from the ground with
toilet
paper
or ended up as trash all over the
world
.
In addition
, a variety of other natural resources are
also
involved in the shockingly wasteful process to manufacture
toilet
paper
. In fact, Scientific American stated “Americans
use
36.5
billion
rolls of
toilet
paper
every
year
, representing the pulping of some 15 million trees.
This
also
involves 473,587,500,000 gallons of
water
to produce the
paper
and 253,000 tons of chlorine for bleaching. ”
Moreover
,
required for manufacturing
nearly 17.3
terawatts
annually and that significant amounts of energy and materials are used in packaging and in transportation to retail outlets. Interestingly, to those who said bidets waste
water
, in fact, the standard flow rate for a
bidet
is about 0.5
litersa metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)
– per – minute of
water
, or
in other words
, an about eight of a gallon per
use
.
Therefore
, in comparison with manufacturing
tissue
, switching to
use
bidets
instead
is a better solution to save
water
resources from
and pollution.
As a result
,
this
massive devastation and needless waste drives the Earth in the fight against climate change.
Toilet
Paper
: Stressful on annual
household
Expenditure
As has been mentioned above, reducing annual costs on
toilet
paper
consumption is the
second
advantage of using bidets for long-term.
For instance
,
this
research
paper
is targeted toward The United States (the U.S.)
spends more than $15.6
billion
a
year
on tissues (including
toilet
paper
) – more than any nation in the
world
(the figure is shown below).
Estimates from the Statista Consumer Market Outlook show that the United States leads the
world
in
toilet
paper
consumption at the average of $120
billion
dollars per consumer unit/or a
household
per
year
. A report, published by U.S. Bureau of
Statistics (BLS), released the number of consumer unit (CU) in
.S.
about 130,000. To enumerate, in that case, the calculation of 130,000 CU/
household
in the U.S.
multiply with the average of $120
billion
dollars per CU is nearly $15.6
billion
dollars, which means
this
whole country spends $15.6
billion
dollars each
year
on tissues, what a huge expense! Ironically, the estimate is just for expenditure from 2014 to 2017. Undoubtedly,
this
number tends to rise significantly in 2020
as a result
of growing population, inflation and even on-going corona virus pandemic outbreak.
Consequently
, the author of Today I Found Out E-newspaper revealed that for reference as to the expense, San Francisco, the 15th most populous city in the U.S., spent about 4 million dollars annually on cleaning out
fatbergs
and fixing clogged
toilet
or even clogged public sewer systems.
Alternatively, the Americans can buy one kind of bidets
such
as
bidet
sprayer, which is quite cheap (starting at around $25 dollars for a basic model) and ridiculously able to install.
Toilet
Paper
: Stressful on
health
Last
but not least, it is clear that bidets are
more comfortSuggestion
more comfy
more comfortable
, sanitary and greater hygienic. Particularly,
this
added factor preventing from abrasion is extremely beneficial to people suffering from a sensitive underside
such
as rash or some
health
problems as
hemorrhoidspain caused by venous swelling at or inside the anal sphincter
haemorrhoids
haemorrhoids'
haemorrhoid's
, anal fissures and urinary tract infections, said experts. In detail, it is no doubt that converting to bidets improves cleanliness and sanitariness in that it prevents the serious attack by bacteria or virus through
of wiping with tissues. And, aggressive wiping can
painful and fissures, which takes 2 to 3 months to heal and even
hemorrhoidspain caused by venous swelling at or inside the anal sphincter
haemorrhoids
haemorrhoids'
haemorrhoid's
.
To conclude, the evidences show how
environment
and human’s life in a rough way.
Therefore
, using bidets is an environmentally friendly, economical and healthy selection. It is time to make the switch from wiping to washing for both our own
health
and the
health
of the
environment
. Let’s remember
you will feel good about the environmental advantages of bidets, your wallet will feel better about buying fewer dead trees and
finally
your butt will feel very strongly satisfied without dry
toilet
paper
.