[pct-l] TP - Perspective

[Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com]

I agree with Paul, too. Since they cut down the trees to make the TP  
it's only right to bring the trees back to the forest and let them  
replenish the soil. Along with last night's mac-n-cheese. Putting a  
plastic bag full of poopy TP in the trash is not a good solution.  
Maybe in some ways better than seeing paper streamers in the forest,  
but still not a good solution.

On Jan 29, 2010, at 1:54 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> I agree with Paul on this. People think that TP and poop is bad for
> the environment. I'd have to say that the plastic bag used to carry it
> out is far worse.
>
> TP and poop will eventually become part of the soil, even in arid
> soil. Plastic bags don't do that so easy. There is also a
> manufacturing cost of the added pollution from manufacturing.
>
> I don't even use plastic bags when I freezer bag cook, but instead use
> a re-useable container for this same reason.
>
> stevie