A Delicate Undertaking

摘要

No matter how green yournthink you are, there's probably one hallowed place where concern for the environment doesn't even enter your mind: the bathroom. It's almost certain that the roll of toilet paper you're using is made not of recycled fiber but from felled trees-often from North America's virgin forests, which are as rare as they are rich in wildlife. "The paper industry is the No. I industrial pressure on forests," says Allen Hersh-kowitz, a senior scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). "Using toilet paper made from virgin trees is the paper-industry equivalent of driving a Hummer."