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DEBORAH ROSS

If you believe in bamboo loo roll you’re being bumboozled

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This week it was reported that some of the toilet paper brands that claim to be eco-friendly (Naked Sprout, Bazoo, Bumboo) and say their products are made of bamboo actually contain very little. Just 2.7 per cent, in one instance, and otherwise it’s virgin woods, some of which have been heavily implicated in deforestation. Did you fall for this lark? I know I did. Don’t you now feel a fool? And also: an idiot, a chump and a total moron? You thought you were doing right by your bum, and all this time it was probably laughing at you? (“Stupid woman. When will she ever learn? YOU’RE BEING BUMBOOZLED, LOVE!”)

Fair point, bum. When will I ever learn? When will we ever learn? Don’t pretend