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To have no social conscience about how much toilet roll we use.......

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SmilesLikeNoOther · 05/12/2008 07:57

I reduce, re-use, recycle, don't drive, use charity shops, never throw food away,
you name it I try to do it but,refuse to fold toilet roll origami style to be practical and economical, and refuse to teach my DD to do so......

Oh and with a family of four, a roll a day is not extravagant is it? [hopeful emoticon]

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hecAteAMillionMincePies · 05/12/2008 08:03

dunno, we get through that and more - but the kids are TERRIBLE for using half a roll and blocking the loo . Nobody should spend more time with their hand down the loo than they spend sitting on the bugger!

SmilesLikeNoOther · 05/12/2008 08:07

Rofl... am nearly crying with laughter.

No offence hecate!

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hecAteAMillionMincePies · 05/12/2008 08:09

Joys of parenthood, eh?

SmilesLikeNoOther · 05/12/2008 08:12

Actually hecate, I am on my own in the house all day as I work from home.....

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Podrick · 05/12/2008 08:18

I think if you are eco friendly you actually wash your ar$e and don't use paper at all

SmilesLikeNoOther · 05/12/2008 08:27

thanks Podrick, that thought will remain with me all day

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Lowfat · 05/12/2008 08:38

12 rolls last us a month - I do my shopping every 2 weeks and only buy loo roll every other shop.

Not trying to do the eco bit, it's just the way it is.

We are a family of 4, although DS still in nappies, but we have regular visitors who use a share on his behalf .

It's also used for runny noses and tears and occasional make-up removal.

I think toilet roll use should be a natural phenomenom and not limited by eco beliefs. But if you feel strongy get the recycled unbleached stuff to do your bit.

claw3 · 05/12/2008 08:44

Family of 5 here, 6 at weekends and i get through 4 rolls a week

SmilesLikeNoOther · 05/12/2008 08:50

so 31 rolls a month might be a tad on the over use side?

smiles feels defence slipping......

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BroccoliSpears · 05/12/2008 08:52

A rag on a stick and a bucket of rainwater. That's what you need. Use it as much as you like and no eggy conscience.

LynetteScavo · 05/12/2008 08:54

We through 24 rolls a month, but in my defense we use it to blow our noses as well......

SmilesLikeNoOther · 05/12/2008 08:55

is that one each Broccoli?

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sunnygirl1412 · 05/12/2008 09:04

Smiles - it sounds like you are doing plenty to be green and ecofriendly - and I know full well that, as a parent, you don't have time for everything - so you do what you can! As someone else has suggested, buy recycled loo roll, and let that be your contribution to eco-toilet-ness.

goldFAQinsenceandmyrrh · 05/12/2008 09:12

I've just bought another pack of 12 (value - well I only wipe my arse on it and flush it away ) it will definitely last us until at least Christmas, if not into the New Year - 1 adult, 2 DS's (thtat use the toiet and a lot more sheets than they really need to) and the odd on that gets "lost" by being either thrown down the toilet by DS3, or wee'ed on by one of the DS's when they're not paying attention

ilove · 05/12/2008 09:16

Theres 6 of us and 5 bathrooms and we seem to use HUNDREDS of the buggers! I have absolutely no idea where it all goes...

I wonder if they eat it???

BroccoliSpears · 05/12/2008 09:26

One EACH ????

Have you no social conscience? Why not just heat your house by building a giant bonfire of rangerovers in your back garden while you're at it?

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SantasNuttySTaff · 05/12/2008 09:30

oh please dont ....i'm sure the way we go through loo roll there's going to be a national shortage anytime soon, theres only me dh and dd, 4 rolls seems to only last 3 days! tis ridicul..ass.

AndaPartridgeOnADustyTv · 05/12/2008 09:32

For a family of four a roll a day is bloody good going I think. We are a family of 3 but DD still in nappies so doesn't use the toilet roll and we use a roll every 2 maybe 3 days.

Sainsburys do a basics toilet roll that is really soft and is recycled.

OblomovOYeFaithful · 05/12/2008 09:39

A roll a DAY ?
Goodness, what are you lot doing with it
We are family of 3, (ds2 is only 6 wks) and we use a roll per ... week.
We do use a few andrex wet wipe thingys, but not hat much.
Shocked at you lot getting through a roll a DAY !!!

ScottishMummy · 05/12/2008 09:40

not about social conscience its about your pampered arse's and gigantic wad of loo paper you use and your U bend groaning under sheer volume of paper. Nice

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ThePregnantMerryYuleWitch · 05/12/2008 10:38

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lowenergylightbulb · 05/12/2008 10:48

I think that you are all being very wasteful. We use one loo roll a year and bulk it out by wiping our arses with stinging nettles. There is no need for anyone, ever, to use more than half a sheet a day

sweetkitty · 05/12/2008 10:49

I'm always shouting "two squares" at my older two. I swear they eat it as well, it's a new game how much toilet roll you cna shove down the toilet.

I feel guilty too seems a bit crazy using wads of paper to wipe your bum, don't have another solution though (SK waits for her James Dyson moment!)

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