DO YOUR BIT WITH BAMBOO
…YOU MIGHT JUST BE SURPRISED AT HOW
The Cheeky Panda uses the world’s fastest- growing plant, bamboo, to create toilet roll, kitchen roll, facial tissues and wipes
WE’VE all seen the headlines, and the message is clear: if we’re going to save our precious planet, we need to change our ways.
But when most of us don’t stop from the minute our alarm clock goes off in the morning to the moment we fall into bed at night, how on earth can we make time to save the world too?
Fortunately, one young business is offering a simple way for us all to make a big difference.
The Cheeky Panda uses the world’s fastest-growing plant, bamboo, to create toilet roll, kitchen roll, facial tissues and wipes. The traditional tissues and wipes that many of us tend to use result in a jaw-dropping 27,000 trees being chopped down every day.
The worrying fact is that the use of traditional loo roll, made from wood pulp, is having a devastating impact on the environment. In fact, the demand has already led to the USA’s Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Stand.earth declaring that the Boreal forest in Canada is now under “severe threat” as a result.
The advantage of bamboo is that while trees take an average of 30 years to grow and have to be dug out before replanting, it requires only sun and water to flourish, and can be cut and harvested each year without causing any damage to the root.
Bamboo also results in less carbon pollution, with each sheet of The Cheeky Panda toilet paper producing 31% less emissions than recycled toilet tissue, and a massive 65.5% less than nonrecycled paper toilet tissue. With statistics like that, it’s no surprise that the environmentally option has been embraced by consumers and organisations alike. The Cheeky Panda range is an established Amazon No1 bestseller, with major groups such as the Vegan Society and Cruelty Free International throwing their weight behind the brand.
Since its launch in 2016, The Cheeky Panda is estimated to have saved almost 40,000 trees, preserving countless animal habitats in the process, while its offsetting partnership with the World Land Trust means it’s carbon balanced too.
So next time you pick up your tissue products, why not do your bit and make the switch to bamboo?