When it comes to shopping "green," it's a good idea to look for products made from recycled materials. But when it comes to toilet paper, you may want to think twice about buying recycled. Recycled-content toilet paper is typically made of paper fibers from sources like old copy paper, junk mail and magazines that are shredded, pulped, de-inked and reprocessed. But paper receipts of the "thermal" variety can sometimes make it into the recycling waste stream and subsequently end up being used in the manufacture of recycled toilet paper. These receipts are coated in the chemical BPA, a known endocrine disrupter. To avoid BPA in recycled toilet paper, look for unbleached, virgin product instead.
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