TOILET PAPER MAKER EYES BAMBOO FOR FUTURE PRODUCTS

Canada's biggest toilet paper manufacturer aims to make some of its tissue from bamboo as an environmentally sustainable option for consumers. Kruger Products LP, the maker of brands such as Cashmere and Purex toilet papers, is researching ways to turn bamboo into quality tissue with the goal of adding the renewable resource to its EnviroCare line, likely by 2023, chief executive Dino Bianco said. “The biggest issue with bamboo is you just can't get the quality that North American consumers want,” Bianco said. “We would put it under our environmental brand as a choice for consumers who want that.” Bamboo is considered a renewable natural resource because it's a perennial that grows quickly. It accounts for just 1 per cent of North American toilet paper, Bianco said.