Toilet roll test reveals hardwood used in ‘bamboo only’ paper
Claims by “eco-friendly” toilet roll companies about their products have been called into question after testing.
The consumer champion Which? said it carried out fibre-composition testing on five popular brands, which claim their rolls are “bamboo only” or “100% bamboo”.
The study found that samples from Bumboo, Naked Sprout and Bazoo contained very low or low levels of bamboo-like grass fibres – 2.7%, 4% and 26.1% respectively.
Instead, it found that the toilet papers were mainly composed of
