But milky soft?!?
I know that Japan doesn’t have nearly the landfill space the US has, and that they’re bigger on recycling here, but there is such a thing as going too far.
Case in point:
Sure, it looks like a regular 4-pack of toilet paper at first glance, but check that little recycling logo:
Yup. It’s made from recycled milk cartons.
Okay, that’s not especially weird. There are a lot of milk cartons getting tossed and I guess it’s good to find something to do with them, but this hardly seems like the best idea.
Why not?
Well, for one thing they’re only using the middle layer of the milk carton and not either of the “waxy” layers. Yes, neither of those could be used given the way they’re treated to be waterproof, but my question is this:
How can it be cost-effective to separate the three layers and use only the inner one?
My theory?
It can’t be.
Not when compared to the cost of farming trees to make new TP from scratch. If somebody can prove me wrong, please do, but this strikes me as some doofy feel-good crap (no pun intended) which doesn’t serve any real purpose.
Just like all other recycling plans.
(Aluminum cans excluded.)