We know that toilet paper is not going to drift into the background. A top CTV story online this morning is that the Forest Products Association of Canada says the demand for toilet paper has increased by 241 per cent during the pandemic. But the sawmills across the country that produce the wood chips needed to make pulp have closed down due to the pandemic.
Amazon toilet paper from China won't arrive any time soon, according to the Los Angeles Times.
ABC News explains the shortages of toilet paper by describing the supply chain: toilet paper is bulky and not very profitable, so retailers don't keep a lot of inventory. They get frequent shipments and restock shelves.
The Independent has a section on toilet paper now with late breaking news: Water firms issue blockage warning for toilet paper 'alternatives', and Trump boards Air Force One with 'toilet paper' stuck to his shoe (that was from 2018, but the Independent considers it current news). Ryerson University made the news with a two-tier system of toilet paper - staff get the two-ply of course. Here's the story - it is from 2015.
So you can expect to see instructions on how to make toilet paper. Caroline Baldwin seems to have covered this in 2017. The instructions are HERE. They involve newspaper, a bucket of water, a large pot on the stove, rolling pins, and more.
I was entertained by some of the images of toilet paper that accompany this current frenzy. Here are two of them.
And our picture today comes from the Salt Spring Island farmers market September 2019. Won't we be growing our Victory Gardens this summer. That's a trending garden topic now.
