Toilet Paper Blog

You asked, we listened.  Thanks to everyone who had requested more green, recycled products and eco-friendly cleaners! We are pleased to announce ToiletPaperWorld.com will now add the following product lines to our list of Eco-Friendly Products:  (Select Items from each line are ON SALE this week, 10/19-10/25)

Nature’s Source Cleaning Products
The skeptics of the effectiveness of green cleaning products have finally met their match with Nature’s Source Cleaners.  These natural cleaners (made only from organic ingredients such as plant-based cleaners, purified water, lactic acid, and corn-based ethanol) are the first products to earn the GREEN Good Housekeeping Seal. This denotes Natures Source products as meeting the  traditional Good Housekeeping Seal standards, plus an additional set of Green requirements.  From the makers of Windex & Scrubbing Bubbles, Nature’s Source Product Line includes: Glass & Surface Cleaner, All Purpose Cleaner, Toilet Bowl Cleaner, & Bathroom Cleaner.

Atlas Green Heritage Toilet Paper
This line of recycled paper products bears the ultimate mark of eco-friendliness: The Green Seal.  All Green Seal products are made from 100% recycled paper, are chlorine free, and are biodegradable.  Plus, the use of Green Heritage products qualifies you for L.E.E.D. certification points!  Recycled Products include: 1 ply toilet paper, 2 ply toilet paper,  jumbo toilet paper, and super jumbo toilet paper

Boardwalk Green Recycled Paper Products
For those of us that would like to go green but may not have the financial resources necessary to do so, this new line of eco-friendly, natural  & recycled toilet paper and paper towels is the perfect solution. An environmentally conscious and economically smart choice, Boardwalk Green & Boardwalk Green PLUS (the premium line) offer a variety of 1 ply toilet paper, 2 ply toilet paper, jumbo bathroom tissue, multi fold paper towels, C Fold Paper Towels, S Fold paper towels, & hardwound paper towels.

As always, thank you for your continued support of these green, natural, & biodegradable products and of ToiletPaperWorld.com.  We are thrilled to have you as a customer.

We can thank the Scott Paper Company for inventing "Towels You Don't Have to Wash"

While it may seem like a rudimentary question, the answer is quite interesting.  Paper towels were invented thanks to a incorrect shipment, a school teacher’s unique approach to fighting her students’ colds, and a man full of innovative ideas.

It all started when a delivery to the Scott Paper Company was incorrect – the paper shipment (a whole railroad car full of it!) was too thick to use for toilet paper. Arthur Scott, in charge of the company at the time, was faced with a serious dilemna – send the paper back or find an alternative use for it.

Meanwhile, a teacher in the Philadelphia School District knew her students were exchanging unnecessary germs every time they went to get toilet paper to blow their nose. To help eliminate this problem, she started giving them soft paper so they wouldn’t have to keep touching the roller towel in the toilets.

Scott had learned about this situation prior to the deliver of the too-thick paper and saw the defect paper as a chance to market a product similar to the teacher’s solution. He sold the paper as small, perforated towel-sized like sheets, calling them disposable paper towels. The product was such a success, Scott was soon selling his invention (renamed as the “Sani-Towel”, short for the Sanitary Towel) to restaurants, hotels, and railroad stations for their public bathrooms.

Later, in 1931, Scott saw an expanded use for his Sani-Towel in the kitchen, so he officially introduced the world’s first “paper towels” – a sheet a perforated, soft paper, on a roll in sheets of 13” x 8”.

And while we can’t imagine our life today without this essential household product, it surprisingly took a while before the generation popular took a liking to paper towels. People had a hard time grasping the concept of “Towels you don’t have to wash”.

So there you have it – a railroad car, a school teacher, and a true innovator led to the invention of paper towels in 1931.

As of October 1st, 2009 All Nippon Airways (ANA) hopes it’s planes will start flying with a little less weight.  During the month of  October the Japanese Airline is testing a program where staff members will ask and remind customers boarding to please relieve themselves before getting on board to fly.  Since empty bladders mean lighter passengers, the company hopes this effort will translate into lighter air crafts and less fuel usage.
The program, while simple in theory, could have a tremendous effect on airline policies AND the environment if the testing this month shows the initiative has a measurable effect on how much fuel emission is being reduced.

It will be interesting to see how this program goes for All Nippon. They aren’t doing anything crazy, such as taking  away the toilets, or charging passengers to use them, simply giving customers a simple reminder.  Plus, think about all the money they will start saving on toilet paper if no one is using their toilets…

In the fall of 1879, Scott Paper Company was launched by two brothers, E. Irvin and Clarence Scott, in Philadelphia.  Since then, Scott has become a billion dollar brand with a long-standing history of common sense.  They have continually supplied us with innovative paper products – toilet paper, paper towels, napkins, and much more!

In honor of Scott’s 130th Birthday, ToiletPaperWorld.com is giving away A YEAR’S SUPPLY OF 2-PLY SCOTT TOILET PAPER! All you need to do is place your order as usual between 10/5 – 10/11 and you will automatically be entered into the drawing.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SCOTT – and thank you for 130 years of excellence and high quality products.

** Winner will receive 2 cases (160 rolls) of Scott 2-Ply Toilet Paper. Winner will be randomly selected by the IT department and winner will be notified on 10/12. **

While our blog posts are normally about weird & wacky toilet paper news, this is one story we just couldn’t ignore.

Recently, one of our customer service representatives received a phone call from a customer looking for small, hotel sized bars of soap to send to soldiers at a hospital in Iraq.  The gentleman, a veteran himself, received a letter from a soldier at a hospital there asking for his help to collect these small sized soap bars because the hospital’s supplies were low.

Upon this request, the veteran founded Project Hope North and made it his mission to collect enough mini soap bars and flip flops until EVERY soldier has returned home safe.  (Regular soap bars are not efficient at the hospital because the soap must be discarded after use for health purposes).

We would like to do as much as possible to help this outstanding cause. Please consider helping us help Project Hope North meet their goal of sending 100,000 bars of soaps to our wounded soldiers in Iraq.  Here’s what you can do to help:

-    Small, Mini, Hotel Sized Bars of Soap (We’ve donated Dial Basics Mini Soap Bars)  For once, smaller is better because then more soldiers are able to receive soap bars.
-    Flip Flops (Old Navy has them on sale this week for just $1.99)
-    Monetary Donations – Any monetary donation is extremely appreciated.  So you have an idea of where your money will be spent, below is a breakdown of purchasing costs:
o    1,0000 Bars of soap = $70 + $12 shipping to Iraq
o    30 Flip flops = $60 + 18 shipping to Iraq

All donations are tax deductable and can be shipped to:
Project Hope North
PO Box 428
Forest Lake, MN

For more information please contact Christ at (651) 464 – 7263.

After being upset about loosing his traffic case this week, a very upset Evertt Jackson, 26, took his anger to the men’s bathroom and flooded the Bucks County District Court bathroom.

The defendant, who was just ordered to pay over $200 in fines after being found guilty of disregarding traffic control devices, went into the Nockamixon Township PA lavority and showed his disapproval of the verdict by shoving a roll of toilet paper and several paper towels down the toilet.  Mr. Jackson then flushed the toilet and left the courtroom as the toilet overflowed.

Now in addition to the traffic violation, Mr. Jackson’s record will soon include charges of institutional vandalism.  I’d hate to see how he protests this one!

With the flu, cold and H1N1 season getting into full swing, this product might be helpful for us all!   Put some Kleenex Cottonelle toilet paper on this thing we met your nose will appreciate it.  (Then you just have to bear the head ache from wearing this contraption on your head! )

Ghosts, goblins, and haunted noises from your toilet paper holder? If you purchase the Haunted Toilet Paper Holder from GrimReapers.com your bathroom guests will get to experience howling, screaming, and moaning sounds when they pull on the toilet paper roll.

I don’t know about you, but I would love to see the looks on their faces when this happens for the first time!  For just under $7, this is well worth the investment to keep in stock in the joke closet.

Who invented one of the most useful devices known to mankind?

While Thomas Crapper is commonly given credit for inventing the first flushing toilet in the late 1800s, the first version can actually be traced back to 1596.  At this time, a British nobleman, Sir John Harrington, first engineered and invented a valve that could release water from the water closet (WC) when pulled.  Sir Harrington, who was also the godson of Queen Elizabeth I, recommended pulling the valve (“flushing” the toilet) once a day for sanitary purposes.

So if Thomas Crapper didn’t invent the toilet, why is he given credit?
Three centuries after Sir Harrington’s invention, Crapper had a successful career in the plumbing industry and did earn nine patents for plumbing products in England.  Unfortunately, none of those nine patents granted between 1861-1904 were for the flushing toilet.

While he did not invent the toilet, Crapper still has a close connection to the first patent for the toilet.  Albert Gilblin, an employee of Crapper, holds the 1819 British Patent for a “Silent Valveless Water Waste Preventer”.  This device was a system which allowed a toilet to flush effectively.  Crapper later purchased the rights for this patent from his employee and marketed the device.

So even though he didn’t invent the crapper himself, we still owe a big thank you to Crapper for helping bring the product to the masses and also to the Chinese for inventing toilet paper in 50 B.C.

Its no secret we love toilet paper here at ToiletPaperWorld.com.  We live, breath, and dream about at night.  Whether its 1-ply or 2-ply, Charmin or Cottonelle, it’s constantly on our minds.

But if we had to pick another love, the runner up would have to be the green and eco-friendly products category.  And according to our sales numbers – so do you.  Therefore, in appreciation for your continuous commitment to preserving the environment, ToiletPaperWorld.com will be giving away FREE reusable shopping bags with all orders placed before Friday, 9/11 at 5 pm.    Traditional plastic bags account for approxiametely 12 million barrels of oil and 14 million trees wasted each year in production, so please remember to bring these handy bags with you on your next shopping excursion.

Why we love reusable shopping bags:
-    They can hold more than plastic bags
-    They are A LOT sturdier than plastics bags  = No messy bag-break cleanups
-    You can carry more at once
-    THEY’RE GREAT FOR THE ENVIRONMENT!

We hope you enjoy your FREE reusable green bag and use them often!  Please remember to place your order by Friday, 9/11 at 5 pm to be eligible for this offer.

* Bags ship separately from order; Please allow 1-2 weeks for delivery
** Bags are truly FREE – the shipping & handling is on us!