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</div> </a> <ul id="toc-Materials-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Color_and_design" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Color_and_design"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Color and design</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Color_and_design-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Design" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Design"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>Design</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Design-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Motifs" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Motifs"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>Motifs</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Motifs-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Texture" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Texture"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.8</span> <span>Texture</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Texture-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Additives" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Additives"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.9</span> <span>Additives</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Additives-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Installation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Installation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Installation</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Installation-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon 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id="toc-Decoration-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Recreational_use" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Recreational_use"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Recreational use</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Recreational_use-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Mechanics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Mechanics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Mechanics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Mechanics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Environmental_considerations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Environmental_considerations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Environmental considerations</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Environmental_considerations-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Environmental considerations subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Environmental_considerations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Alternatives_to_virgin_wood_pulp" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Alternatives_to_virgin_wood_pulp"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Alternatives to virgin wood pulp</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Alternatives_to_virgin_wood_pulp-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Citations" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Citations"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Citations</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Citations-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-General_and_cited_sources" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#General_and_cited_sources"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>General and cited sources</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-General_and_cited_sources-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%82_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%B6" title="ورق المرحاض – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ورق المرحاض" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%9F_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0" title="টয়লেট পেপার – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="টয়লেট পেপার" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chho%CD%98-ch%C3%B3a" title="Chho͘-chóa – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Chho͘-chóa" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%83%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0" title="Туалетная папера – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Туалетная папера" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%8F" title="Тоалетна хартия – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Тоалетна хартия" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klobabia" title="Klobabia – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="Klobabia" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_privezio%C3%B9" title="Paper privezioù – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Paper privezioù" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_de_v%C3%A0ter" title="Paper de vàter – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Paper de vàter" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toaletn%C3%AD_pap%C3%ADr" title="Toaletní papír – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Toaletní papír" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toiletpapir" title="Toiletpapir – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Toiletpapir" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilettenpapier" title="Toilettenpapier – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Toilettenpapier" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tualettpaber" title="Tualettpaber – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Tualettpaber" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A7%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%84%CE%AF_%CF%85%CE%B3%CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Χαρτί υγείας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Χαρτί υγείας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papel_higi%C3%A9nico" title="Papel higiénico – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Papel higiénico" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neceseja_papero" title="Neceseja papero – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Neceseja papero" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komuneko_paper" title="Komuneko paper – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Komuneko paper" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA" title="دستمال توالت – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دستمال توالت" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papier_toilette" title="Papier toilette – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Papier toilette" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1ip%C3%A9ar_leithris" title="Páipéar leithris – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Páipéar leithris" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%91%90%EB%A3%A8%EB%A7%88%EB%A6%AC_%ED%9C%B4%EC%A7%80" title="두루마리 휴지 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="두루마리 휴지" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takardar_bayan_gida" title="Takardar bayan gida – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Takardar bayan gida" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B6%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A3%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB_%D5%A9%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B2%D5%A9" title="Զուգարանի թուղթ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Զուգարանի թուղթ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%9A_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0" title="शौच पत्र – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="शौच पत्र" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toaletni_papir" title="Toaletni papir – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Toaletni papir" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kertas_jamban" title="Kertas jamban – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kertas jamban" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papiro_hygienic" title="Papiro hygienic – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Papiro hygienic" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carta_igienica" title="Carta igienica – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Carta igienica" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A8_%D7%98%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%98" title="נייר טואלט – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="נייר טואלט" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a 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hreflang="nah" data-title="Cuitlamatl" data-language-autonym="Nāhuatl" data-language-local-name="Nahuatl" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nāhuatl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toiletpapier" title="Toiletpapier – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Toiletpapier" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%88%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%9A%E3%83%BC%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC" title="トイレットペーパー – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="トイレットペーパー" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toalettpapir" title="Toalettpapir 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class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Toilet_paper_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Toilet paper (disambiguation)">Toilet paper (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Toiletpapier_(Gobran111).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Toiletpapier_%28Gobran111%29.jpg/220px-Toiletpapier_%28Gobran111%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Toiletpapier_%28Gobran111%29.jpg/330px-Toiletpapier_%28Gobran111%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Toiletpapier_%28Gobran111%29.jpg/440px-Toiletpapier_%28Gobran111%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption>A full roll of toilet paper</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Klopapierrolle_mit_Halter.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Klopapierrolle_mit_Halter.jpg/220px-Klopapierrolle_mit_Halter.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Klopapierrolle_mit_Halter.jpg/330px-Klopapierrolle_mit_Halter.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Klopapierrolle_mit_Halter.jpg/440px-Klopapierrolle_mit_Halter.jpg 2x" data-file-width="581" data-file-height="460" /></a><figcaption>Toilet roll and toilet roll holder; the paperboard center of a spent roll is visible on the holder.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Toilet paper</b> (sometimes called <b>toilet</b>/<b>bath</b>/<b>bathroom tissue</b>, or <b>toilet roll</b>)<sup id="cite_ref-Cambridge_English_Dictionary_2019_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cambridge_English_Dictionary_2019-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a <a href="/wiki/Tissue_paper" title="Tissue paper">tissue paper</a> product primarily used to clean the <a href="/wiki/Human_anus" title="Human anus">anus</a> and surrounding region of <a href="/wiki/Human_feces" title="Human feces">feces</a> (after <a href="/wiki/Defecation" title="Defecation">defecation</a>), and to clean the <a href="/wiki/External_genitalia" class="mw-redirect" title="External genitalia">external genitalia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Perineum" title="Perineum">perineal area</a> of <a href="/wiki/Urine" title="Urine">urine</a> (after <a href="/wiki/Urination" title="Urination">urination</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is commonly supplied as a long strip of perforated paper wrapped around a cylindrical <a href="/wiki/Paperboard" title="Paperboard">paperboard</a> core, for <a href="/wiki/Toilet_paper_holder" class="mw-redirect" title="Toilet paper holder">storage in a dispenser</a> within arm's reach of a <a href="/wiki/Toilet" title="Toilet">toilet</a>. The bundle, or <i>roll of toilet paper</i>, is specifically known as a <b>toilet roll</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-Cambridge_English_Dictionary_2020_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cambridge_English_Dictionary_2020-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <b>loo roll</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or <b>bog roll</b> (in <a href="/wiki/British_English" title="British English">Britain</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are other uses for toilet paper, as it is a readily available household product. It can be used for <a href="/wiki/Blowing_the_nose" class="mw-redirect" title="Blowing the nose">blowing the nose</a> or wiping the eyes (or other uses of <a href="/wiki/Facial_tissue" title="Facial tissue">facial tissue</a>). It can be used to wipe off <a href="/wiki/Sweat" class="mw-redirect" title="Sweat">sweat</a> or absorb it. Some people may use the paper to absorb the bloody discharge that comes out of the <a href="/wiki/Vagina" title="Vagina">vagina</a> during <a href="/wiki/Menstruation" title="Menstruation">menstruation</a>. Toilet paper can be used in cleaning (like a less abrasive <a href="/wiki/Paper_towel" title="Paper towel">paper towel</a>). As a teenage <a href="/wiki/Prank" class="mw-redirect" title="Prank">prank</a>, "<a href="/wiki/Toilet_papering" title="Toilet papering">toilet papering</a>" is a form of temporary vandalism. </p><p>Most modern toilet paper in the developed world is designed to <a href="/wiki/Decompose" class="mw-redirect" title="Decompose">decompose</a> in <a href="/wiki/Septic_tank" title="Septic tank">septic tanks</a>, whereas some other bathroom and <a href="/wiki/Facial_tissue" title="Facial tissue">facial tissues</a> are not. Wet toilet paper rapidly decomposes in the environment. Toilet paper comes in various numbers of <a href="/wiki/Ply_(layer)" title="Ply (layer)">plies</a> (layers of thickness), from one- to six-ply, with more back-to-back plies providing greater strength and absorbency. Most modern domestic toilet paper is white, and patterned or textured. Some people have a preference for whether the <a href="/wiki/Toilet_paper_orientation" title="Toilet paper orientation">orientation of the roll</a> on a dispenser should be <i>over</i> or <i>under</i>. </p><p>The use of paper for <a href="/wiki/Hygiene" title="Hygiene">hygiene</a> has been recorded in China in the 6th century AD, with specifically manufactured toilet paper being mass-produced in the 14th century.<sup id="cite_ref-needham_volume_5_part_1_123_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-needham_volume_5_part_1_123-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Modern commercial toilet paper originated in the 19th century, with a patent for roll-based dispensers being made in 1883. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Chinese_inventions" title="List of Chinese inventions">List of Chinese inventions</a></div> <p>Although paper had been known as a wrapping and padding material in <a href="/wiki/History_of_China" title="History of China">China</a> since the 2nd century BC,<sup id="cite_ref-needham_volume_4_part_1_122_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-needham_volume_4_part_1_122-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> a reference to the use of toilet paper dates back as early as <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 589</span> when the scholar-official <a href="/wiki/Yan_Zhitui" title="Yan Zhitui">Yan Zhitui</a> (531–591) wrote: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Paper on which there are quotations or commentaries from the <a href="/wiki/Five_Classics" class="mw-redirect" title="Five Classics">Five Classics</a> or the names of sages, I dare not use for toilet purposes.<sup id="cite_ref-needham_volume_5_part_1_123_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-needham_volume_5_part_1_123-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>During the later <a href="/wiki/Tang_dynasty" title="Tang dynasty">Tang dynasty</a> (618–907 AD), an Arab traveller to China in the year 851 AD remarked: </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>... they [the Chinese] do not <a href="/wiki/Anal_cleansing#Water" class="mw-redirect" title="Anal cleansing">wash themselves with water</a> when they have done their necessities; but they only wipe themselves with paper.<sup id="cite_ref-needham_volume_5_part_1_123_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-needham_volume_5_part_1_123-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>During the early 14th century, it was recorded that in what is now <a href="/wiki/Zhejiang" title="Zhejiang">Zhejiang</a> alone, ten million packages of 1,000 to 10,000 sheets of toilet paper were manufactured annually.<sup id="cite_ref-needham_volume_5_part_1_123_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-needham_volume_5_part_1_123-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the <a href="/wiki/Ming_dynasty" title="Ming dynasty">Ming dynasty</a> (1368–1644 AD), it was recorded in 1393 that an annual supply of 720,000 sheets of toilet paper (approximately 2 by 3 ft (60 by 90 cm)) were produced for the general use of the imperial court at the capital of <a href="/wiki/Nanjing" title="Nanjing">Nanjing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-needham_volume_5_part_1_123_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-needham_volume_5_part_1_123-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From the records of the Imperial Bureau of Supplies of that same year, it was also recorded that for the <a href="/wiki/Hongwu_Emperor" title="Hongwu Emperor">Hongwu Emperor</a>'s imperial family alone, there were 15,000 sheets of special soft-fabric toilet paper made, and each sheet of toilet paper was perfumed.<sup id="cite_ref-needham_volume_5_part_1_123_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-needham_volume_5_part_1_123-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Elsewhere, wealthy people wiped themselves with <a href="/wiki/Wool" title="Wool">wool</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lace" title="Lace">lace</a> or <a href="/wiki/Hemp" title="Hemp">hemp</a>, while less wealthy people used their hand when defecating into rivers, or cleaned themselves with various materials such as rags, wood shavings, <a href="/wiki/Leaf" title="Leaf">leaves</a>, grass, <a href="/wiki/Hay" title="Hay">hay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rock_(geology)" title="Rock (geology)">stones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sand" title="Sand">sand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moss" title="Moss">moss</a>, water, snow, <a href="/wiki/Fern" title="Fern">ferns</a>, <a href="/wiki/Husk" title="Husk">plant husks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peel_(fruit)" title="Peel (fruit)">fruit skins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Exoskeleton" title="Exoskeleton">seashells</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Corncob" title="Corncob">corncobs</a>, depending upon the country and weather conditions or social customs. In <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">Ancient Rome</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Xylospongium" title="Xylospongium">sponge on a stick</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was commonly used, and, after use, placed back in a pail of vinegar. Several talmudic sources indicating ancient Jewish practice refer to the use of small pebbles, often carried in a special bag, and also to the use of dry grass and of the smooth edges of broken pottery jugs (e.g., Shabbat 81a, 82a, Yevamot 59b). These are all cited in the classic <i>Biblical and Talmudic Medicine</i> by the German physician Julius Preuss (Eng. trans. Sanhedrin Press, 1978). </p><p>The 16th-century French satirical writer <a href="/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Rabelais" title="François Rabelais">François Rabelais</a>, in Chapter XIII of Book 1 of his <a href="/wiki/Novel_sequence" class="mw-redirect" title="Novel sequence">novel sequence</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Gargantua_and_Pantagruel" title="Gargantua and Pantagruel">Gargantua and Pantagruel</a></i>, has his character Gargantua investigate a great number of ways of cleansing oneself after defecating. Gargantua dismisses the use of paper as ineffective, rhyming that: "Who his foul tail with paper wipes, Shall at his <a href="/wiki/Bollocks" title="Bollocks">ballocks</a> leave some chips." (Sir <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Urquhart" title="Thomas Urquhart">Thomas Urquhart</a>'s 1653 English translation). He concludes that "the neck of a goose, that is well downed" provides an optimum cleansing medium.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The rise of publishing by the eighteenth century led to the use of newspapers and cheap editions of popular books for cleansing. <a href="/wiki/Lord_Chesterfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Chesterfield">Lord Chesterfield</a>, in a letter to his son in 1747, told of a man who purchased </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>a common edition of Horace, of which he tore off gradually a couple of pages, carried them with him to that necessary place, read them first, and then sent them down as a sacrifice to Cloacina; thus was so much time fairly gained...<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>In many parts of the world, especially where toilet paper or the necessary plumbing for disposal may be unavailable or unaffordable, toilet paper is not used. Also, in many parts of the world people consider using water a much cleaner and more sanitary practice than using paper.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Anal_cleansing" class="mw-redirect" title="Anal cleansing">Cleansing</a> is then performed with other methods or materials, such as water, for example using a <a href="/wiki/Bidet" title="Bidet">bidet</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Lota_(vessel)" title="Lota (vessel)">lota</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cloth" class="mw-redirect" title="Cloth">rags</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sand" title="Sand">sand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leaves" class="mw-redirect" title="Leaves">leaves</a> (including <a href="/wiki/Seaweed" title="Seaweed">seaweed</a>), <a href="/wiki/Corn_cob" class="mw-redirect" title="Corn cob">corn cobs</a>, animal furs, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_toilet#History" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese toilet">sticks</a> or hands; afterwards, hands are washed with water and possibly soap. </p><p>On 18 July 2024 the sale of ruble-note artwork on toilet paper was banned by a Moscow judge.<sup id="cite_ref-mt1_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mt1-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_a_commodity">As a commodity</h3></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Gayetty" title="Joseph Gayetty">Joseph Gayetty</a> is widely credited with being the inventor of modern commercially available toilet paper in the United States. Gayetty's paper, first introduced in 1857, was available as late as the 1920s. Gayetty's Medicated Paper was sold in packages of flat sheets, watermarked with the inventor's name. Original advertisements for the product used the tagline "The greatest necessity of the age! Gayetty's medicated paper for the water-closet". </p><p>Seth Wheeler of <a href="/wiki/Albany,_New_York" title="Albany, New York">Albany, New York</a>, obtained the earliest United States patents for toilet paper and dispensers, the types of which eventually were in common use in that country, in 1883.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Toilet paper dispensed from rolls was popularized when the <a href="/wiki/Scott_Paper_Company" title="Scott Paper Company">Scott Paper Company</a> began marketing it in 1890.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The manufacturing of this product had a long period of refinement, considering that as late as the 1930s, a selling point of the Northern Tissue company was that their toilet paper was "<a href="/wiki/Splinter" title="Splinter">splinter</a> free".<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The widespread adoption of the <a href="/wiki/Flush_toilet" title="Flush toilet">flush toilet</a> increased the use of toilet paper, as heavier paper was more prone to clogging the <a href="/wiki/Trap_(plumbing)" title="Trap (plumbing)">trap</a> that prevents sewer gases from escaping through the toilet.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Softer, two ply toilet roll was introduced in Britain in 1942, by St Andrew Mills in <a href="/wiki/Walthamstow" title="Walthamstow">Walthamstow</a>; this became the famous <a href="/wiki/Andrex" title="Andrex">Andrex</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Moist toilet paper, called <a href="/wiki/Wet_wipes" class="mw-redirect" title="Wet wipes">wet wipes</a>, was first introduced in the United Kingdom by <a href="/wiki/Andrex" title="Andrex">Andrex</a> in the 1990s. It has been promoted as being a better method of cleaning than dry toilet paper after defecation, and may be useful for women during <a href="/wiki/Menstruation" title="Menstruation">menstruation</a>. It was promoted as a flushable product but it has been implicated in the creation of <a href="/wiki/Fatberg" title="Fatberg">fatbergs</a>; by 2016 some municipalities had begun education campaigns advising people not to flush used wet wipes.<sup id="cite_ref-Atlantic_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Atlantic-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>More than seven <a href="/wiki/Billion" title="Billion">billion</a> rolls of toilet paper are sold yearly in the United States where an average of 23.6 rolls per capita per year is used.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT0127_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT0127-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox" style="clear: right; float:right;margin:0 0 1.5em 1.5em"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:115%">External videos</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="video icon" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/16px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/24px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg/32px-Nuvola_apps_kaboodle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></span></span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX_FTiRB5QI">Documentarian Brian Gersten's short film about the 1973 shortage, <i>The Great Toilet Paper Scare</i></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In 1973, <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Carson" title="Johnny Carson">Johnny Carson</a> joked in his <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tonight_Show_Starring_Johnny_Carson" title="The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson">Tonight Show</a></i> monologue about comments made by Wisconsin congressman <a href="/wiki/Harold_V._Froehlich" title="Harold V. Froehlich">Harold V. Froehlich</a> about the possibility of a toilet paper shortage. Subsequently, consumers purchased abnormal amounts, causing an actual shortage in the United States for several months.<sup id="cite_ref-Atlantic_Buder_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Atlantic_Buder-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Priceonomics_Crockett_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Priceonomics_Crockett-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Toilet paper has been one of the commodities subject to <a href="/wiki/Shortages_in_Venezuela" title="Shortages in Venezuela">shortages in Venezuela</a> starting in the 2010s; the government seized one toilet paper factory in an effort to resolve the problem.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, toilet paper <a href="/wiki/Shortages_related_to_the_COVID-19_pandemic" title="Shortages related to the COVID-19 pandemic">shortages</a> were reported in March 2020 in multiple countries due to hoarding and <a href="/wiki/Panic_buying" title="Panic buying">panic buying</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At first, few believed the pandemic would be serious. Later, people realized they might need to stock up on certain items in case of a <a href="/wiki/Shelter-in-place_order" class="mw-redirect" title="Shelter-in-place order">shelter-in-place order</a>, or in case they did not know how long such an order would last; suppliers could not assure that they could keep up with demand.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, manufacturers continued to produce even more than they had before. Demand was higher for the types of toilet paper used at home.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In some countries the <a href="/wiki/Bidet" title="Bidet">bidet</a> was already seen as a solution, and a survey before the pandemic had indicated an increasing number of Americans would be interested.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Amid the panic buying during the pandemic, the Australian toilet paper brand <a href="/wiki/Quilton" title="Quilton">Quilton</a> donated a million of toilet paper rolls to <a href="/wiki/Vulnerable_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Vulnerable people">vulnerable</a> Australians who were struggling due to the shortages of toilet paper.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2022, British toilet paper packaging started displaying <a href="/wiki/Bowel_cancer" class="mw-redirect" title="Bowel cancer">bowel cancer</a> symptoms to raise awareness, following campaigning from blogger and journalist <a href="/wiki/Deborah_James_(journalist)" title="Deborah James (journalist)">Deborah James</a>, who later died from the disease in June 2022. At the time, half of all Britons could not name any of the main symptoms of bowel cancer. <a href="/wiki/Andrex" title="Andrex">Andrex</a> were the first brand to take the lead on the matter, then various supermarkets followed suit.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nara_period_toilet_paper.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Anal cleansing instruments known as chūgi from the Nara period (710 to 784) in Japan. (The modern rolls in the background are for size comparison.)"><img alt="Anal cleansing instruments known as chūgi from the Nara period (710 to 784) in Japan. (The modern rolls in the background are for size comparison.)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Nara_period_toilet_paper.jpg/167px-Nara_period_toilet_paper.jpg" decoding="async" width="167" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Nara_period_toilet_paper.jpg/251px-Nara_period_toilet_paper.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Nara_period_toilet_paper.jpg/335px-Nara_period_toilet_paper.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1115" data-file-height="1333" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Anal_cleansing" class="mw-redirect" title="Anal cleansing">Anal cleansing</a> instruments known as <i><a href="/wiki/Shit_stick#Chou_or_Chū" title="Shit stick">chūgi</a></i> from the <a href="/wiki/Nara_period" title="Nara period">Nara period</a> (710 to 784) in Japan. (The modern rolls in the background are for size comparison.)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:William_Hogarth_-_A_Just_View_of_the_British_Stage.png" class="mw-file-description" title="A print by William Hogarth entitled A Just View of the British Stage from 1724 depicting Robert Wilks, Colley Cibber, and Barton Booth rehearsing a pantomime play with puppets enacting a prison break down a privy. The "play" is composed of nothing but toilet paper, and the scripts for Hamlet, inter al., are toilet paper."><img alt="A print by William Hogarth entitled A Just View of the British Stage from 1724 depicting Robert Wilks, Colley Cibber, and Barton Booth rehearsing a pantomime play with puppets enacting a prison break down a privy. The "play" is composed of nothing but toilet paper, and the scripts for Hamlet, inter al., are toilet paper." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/William_Hogarth_-_A_Just_View_of_the_British_Stage.png/200px-William_Hogarth_-_A_Just_View_of_the_British_Stage.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="187" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/William_Hogarth_-_A_Just_View_of_the_British_Stage.png/300px-William_Hogarth_-_A_Just_View_of_the_British_Stage.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/William_Hogarth_-_A_Just_View_of_the_British_Stage.png/400px-William_Hogarth_-_A_Just_View_of_the_British_Stage.png 2x" data-file-width="2334" data-file-height="2177" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A print by <a href="/wiki/William_Hogarth" title="William Hogarth">William Hogarth</a> entitled <i><a href="/wiki/A_Just_View_of_the_British_Stage" title="A Just View of the British Stage">A Just View of the British Stage</a></i> from 1724 depicting <a href="/wiki/Robert_Wilks" title="Robert Wilks">Robert Wilks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colley_Cibber" title="Colley Cibber">Colley Cibber</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Barton_Booth" title="Barton Booth">Barton Booth</a> rehearsing a pantomime play with puppets enacting a prison break down a privy. The "play" is composed of nothing but toilet paper, and the scripts for <i>Hamlet</i>, <i>inter al.</i>, are toilet paper.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Manifeste_de_Brunswick_caricature_1792.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A 1792 French Revolutionary caricature, depicting the French population using the Monarchist Brunswick Manifesto as toilet paper."><img alt="A 1792 French Revolutionary caricature, depicting the French population using the Monarchist Brunswick Manifesto as toilet paper." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Manifeste_de_Brunswick_caricature_1792.jpg/200px-Manifeste_de_Brunswick_caricature_1792.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Manifeste_de_Brunswick_caricature_1792.jpg/300px-Manifeste_de_Brunswick_caricature_1792.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Manifeste_de_Brunswick_caricature_1792.jpg/400px-Manifeste_de_Brunswick_caricature_1792.jpg 2x" data-file-width="571" data-file-height="403" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A 1792 <a href="/wiki/French_Revolution" title="French Revolution">French Revolutionary</a> caricature, depicting the French population using the Monarchist <a href="/wiki/Brunswick_Manifesto" title="Brunswick Manifesto">Brunswick Manifesto</a> as toilet paper.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nokia_Toilet_paper.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Rolls of toilet paper, produced by Nokia in the 1960s, at the Vapriikki Museum Centre in Tampere, Finland"><img alt="Rolls of toilet paper, produced by Nokia in the 1960s, at the Vapriikki Museum Centre in Tampere, Finland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Nokia_Toilet_paper.JPG/200px-Nokia_Toilet_paper.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Nokia_Toilet_paper.JPG/300px-Nokia_Toilet_paper.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Nokia_Toilet_paper.JPG/400px-Nokia_Toilet_paper.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Rolls of toilet paper, produced by <a href="/wiki/Nokia" title="Nokia">Nokia</a> in the 1960s, at the <a href="/wiki/Vapriikki_Museum_Centre" title="Vapriikki Museum Centre">Vapriikki Museum Centre</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tampere" title="Tampere">Tampere</a>, <a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Papier_hygi%C3%A9nique_Le_Troubadour.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Le Troubadour (French) – 1960s package of toilet paper"><img alt="Le Troubadour (French) – 1960s package of toilet paper" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Papier_hygi%C3%A9nique_Le_Troubadour.JPG/200px-Papier_hygi%C3%A9nique_Le_Troubadour.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Papier_hygi%C3%A9nique_Le_Troubadour.JPG/300px-Papier_hygi%C3%A9nique_Le_Troubadour.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Papier_hygi%C3%A9nique_Le_Troubadour.JPG/400px-Papier_hygi%C3%A9nique_Le_Troubadour.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <i>Le Troubadour</i> (French) – 1960s package of toilet paper</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2></div> <p>Toilet paper is available in several types of paper, a variety of patterns, decorations, and textures, and it may be moistened or perfumed, although fragrances sometimes cause problems for users who are allergic to perfumes. The average measures of a modern roll of toilet paper is c. 10 cm (3<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214402035">.mw-parser-output .sfrac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .sfrac.tion,.mw-parser-output .sfrac .tion{display:inline-block;vertical-align:-0.5em;font-size:85%;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .sfrac .num{display:block;line-height:1em;margin:0.0em 0.1em;border-bottom:1px solid}.mw-parser-output .sfrac .den{display:block;line-height:1em;margin:0.1em 0.1em}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="sfrac">⁠<span class="tion"><span class="num">15</span><span class="sr-only">/</span><span class="den">16</span></span>⁠</span> in.) wide, and 12 cm (4<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214402035"><span class="sfrac">⁠<span class="tion"><span class="num">23</span><span class="sr-only">/</span><span class="den">32</span></span>⁠</span> in.) in diameter, and weighs between 85 g (3.0 oz) and 196 g (6.9 oz).<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An alternative method of packing the sheets uses interleaved sheets in boxes, or in bulk for use in dispensers. "Hard" single-ply paper has been used as well as soft multi-ply. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sheet_size">Sheet size</h3></div> <p>The format of individual sheets of toilet paper, which is given by a <a href="/wiki/Perforation" title="Perforation">perforation line</a>, varies nationally. In Germany, Holland, France, Poland, Switzerland, for example, about postcard size is standard (about 100 × 140 mm), so about <a href="/wiki/ISO_216" title="ISO 216">DIN format</a> (DIN A6 105 × 148 mm). In England, the usual format is already somewhat wider, about 115 × 135 mm. The most extreme landscape format with 115 × 102 mm exists in Thailand. The most extreme portrait format (not counting toilet paper rolls without any perforation) is 100 × 366 mm; a promotional toilet paper from Schmidt Spiele in Germany.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Manufactured toilet paper sheet in the United States was sized 4.5 in (110 mm) × 4 in (100 mm).<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 1999 the size of a sheet has been shrinking; <a href="/wiki/Kimberly-Clark" title="Kimberly-Clark">Kimberly-Clark</a> reduced the length of a sheet to 4.1 in (100 mm).<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Scott_Paper_Company" title="Scott Paper Company">Scott</a>, in 2006, reduced the length of their product to 3.7 in (94 mm). The width of sheets was later reduced giving a general sheet size of 3.7 in (94 mm) long and 4.1 in (100 mm) wide. Larger sizes remain available. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sheet_ply">Sheet ply</h3></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Ply_(layer)" title="Ply (layer)">ply</a> of a toilet paper refers to the number of layers per sheet. Rolls are typically available in single-ply, 2-ply, 3-ply, and 4-ply. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roll_length">Roll length</h3></div> <p>Phrases like "single roll", "double roll", "triple roll", "jumbo roll", and "mega roll" commonly used in retail advertising<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> refer to the number of sheets per roll (though the actual number of sheets is also usually disclosed on packaging). A longer roll needs to be replaced less often, but the very largest sizes do not fit all toilet paper dispensers, especially in older homes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Materials">Materials</h3></div> <p>Toilet paper is usually manufactured from <a href="/wiki/Pulpwood" title="Pulpwood">pulpwood</a> trees, but is also sometimes made from <a href="/wiki/Sugar_cane" class="mw-redirect" title="Sugar cane">sugar cane</a> byproducts or <a href="/wiki/Bamboo" title="Bamboo">bamboo</a>. </p><p>Toilet paper products vary greatly in the distinguishing technical factors, such as size, weight, roughness, softness, chemical residues, "finger-breakthrough" resistance, water-absorption, etc. The larger companies have very detailed, scientific market surveys to determine which marketing sectors require or demand which of the many technical qualities. Modern toilet paper may have a light coating of aloe or lotion or wax worked into the paper to reduce roughness. </p><p>Quality is usually determined by the number of plies (stacked sheets), coarseness, and durability. Low grade institutional toilet paper is typically of the lowest grade of paper, has only one or two plies, is very coarse and sometimes contains small amounts of embedded unbleached/unpulped paper; it was typically called "hard" toilet paper.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A brand disinfected with <a href="/wiki/Carbolic_acid" class="mw-redirect" title="Carbolic acid">carbolic acid</a> was manufactured in <a href="/wiki/Sheffield" title="Sheffield">Sheffield</a>, United Kingdom under the Izal brand name by <a href="/wiki/Newton,_Chambers_%26_Co." title="Newton, Chambers & Co.">Newton Chambers</a> until 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mid-grade two ply is somewhat textured to provide some softness and is somewhat stronger. Premium toilet paper may have lotion and wax and has two to four plies of very finely pulped paper. If it is marketed as "luxury", it may be quilted or rippled (embossed), perfumed, colored or patterned, medicated (with anti-bacterial chemicals), or treated with <a href="/wiki/Aloe" title="Aloe">aloe</a> or other perfumes. </p><p>To advance decomposition of the paper in <a href="/wiki/Septic_tank" title="Septic tank">septic tanks</a> or drainage, the paper used has shorter fibres than facial tissue or writing paper. The manufacturer tries to reach an optimal balance between rapid decomposition (which requires shorter fibres) and sturdiness (which requires longer fibres). Compaction of toilet paper in drain lines, such as in a clog, prevents fibre dispersion and largely halts the breakdown process. </p><p>A German quip says that the toilet paper of <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a> was so rough and scratchy that it was almost unusable, so many people used old issues of the <i><a href="/wiki/V%C3%B6lkischer_Beobachter" title="Völkischer Beobachter">Völkischer Beobachter</a></i> instead, because the paper was softer.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Color_and_design">Color and design</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Toiletpaper18.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Toiletpaper18.jpg/220px-Toiletpaper18.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="213" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Toiletpaper18.jpg/330px-Toiletpaper18.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Toiletpaper18.jpg/440px-Toiletpaper18.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="776" /></a><figcaption>Apricot colored toilet paper</figcaption></figure> <p>Colored toilet paper in colors such as pink, lavender, light blue, light green, purple, green, and light yellow (so that one could choose a color of toilet paper that matched or complemented the color of one's bathroom) was commonly sold in the United States from the 1960s. Up until 2004, <a href="/wiki/Scott_Paper_Company" title="Scott Paper Company">Scott</a> was one of the last remaining U.S. manufacturers to still produce toilet paper in beige, blue, and pink. However, the company has since cut production of colored paper altogether.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Colored toilet paper remains commonly available in some European countries. Here in solid color toilet paper base, apart from the natural tones between white and gray or beige, pastel shades prevail: pink, apricot, light yellow and light blue. In rare cases, pale purple or pale green can be found. However, rich colors are rarely used, such as black, wine red, neon green, royal blue. Flat printed toilet paper is uncommon. If there is printing, it is often one color. Common print colors are pink and pinkish red, also blue, more rarely purple, orange, brown or green.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Design">Design</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Einfallslos_I.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Einfallslos_I.jpg/220px-Einfallslos_I.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Einfallslos_I.jpg/330px-Einfallslos_I.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Einfallslos_I.jpg/440px-Einfallslos_I.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>Leaves as motif on toilet paper</figcaption></figure> <p>Today, in the United States, plain unpatterned colored toilet paper has been mostly replaced by patterned toilet paper, normally white, with embossed decorative patterns or designs in various colors and different sizes depending on the brand. The patterns are in most cases "scatter patterns", that is, a motif is distributed ("scattered") several times (irregularly) over the surface. Stripes and dot patterns are rare. Occasionally, toilet papers have an embossed crocodile, wave, circle or check pattern. Some are additionally printed. Ornaments usually stand on their own as self-contained units. They never go uninterrupted (for example, as a border) from the first to the last sheet.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Motifs">Motifs</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Papier_toaletowy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Papier_toaletowy.jpg/220px-Papier_toaletowy.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Papier_toaletowy.jpg/330px-Papier_toaletowy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Papier_toaletowy.jpg/440px-Papier_toaletowy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1998" data-file-height="1595" /></a><figcaption>Toilet paper with motif 50 euro bills</figcaption></figure> <p>Predominant is everything that is associated "softness" and "fluffiness". There are decorations with bears, cats, rabbits, down feathers, clouds. Another motifs are things associated with "lightness": Clouds, downy feathers, leaves of all kinds, butterflies, flying birds. Another association is anything associated with pleasant fragrance: especially flowers of all kinds. Rare are motifs intended to appear noble, such as the Bourbon lily. Less rare are allusions to water, such as fish, shells and other aquatic creatures.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_36-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Toilet papers are also provided with texts (jokes, poems), joke motifs (banknotes) or advertising imprints. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Texture">Texture</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DDR_Klopapier.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/DDR_Klopapier.jpg/220px-DDR_Klopapier.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="295" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/DDR_Klopapier.jpg/330px-DDR_Klopapier.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/DDR_Klopapier.jpg/440px-DDR_Klopapier.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1936" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>Crêpe secondary raw material toilet paper</figcaption></figure> <p>Toilet paper is offered in different qualities. The cheapest toilet papers have a texture close to <a href="/wiki/Cr%C3%AApe_paper" title="Crêpe paper">crêpe paper</a>. They are often made of recycled material. Expensive toilet papers are made from particularly absorbent, delicate tissue paper. Toilet paper usually has a smooth surface. With several intentions, it is occasionally embossed. On the one hand, the embossing can serve to stabilize the paper. Furthermore, wiping can become more effective. Thirdly, there are design reasons. In Switzerland, in particular, there are often toilet paper with burls. In Germany, the number of plies is considered a quality feature. In the USA, Great Britain and Japan, the quality feature is that the toilet paper is as delicate and fine as possible.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_36-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Additives">Additives</h3></div> <p>Some toilet papers are perfumed. Popular scents are chamomile, peach or rose. Other toilet papers are impregnated with antibacterial additives. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Installation">Installation</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dispensers">Dispensers</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Toilet_roll_holder" title="Toilet roll holder">Toilet roll holder</a></div> <p>A toilet roll holder, also known as a toilet paper dispenser, is an item that holds a roll of toilet paper. There are at least seven types of holders: </p> <ol><li>A horizontal piece of wire mounted on a hinge, hanging from a door or wall.</li> <li>A horizontal axle recessed in the wall.</li> <li>A vertical axle recessed in the wall</li> <li>A horizontal axle mounted on a freestanding frame.</li> <li>A freestanding vertical pole on a base.</li> <li>A wall mounted dispensing unit, usually containing more than one roll. This is used in the commercial/away-from-home marketplace.</li> <li>A wall mounted dispensing unit with tissue interleaved in a "S"-type fold so the user can extract the tissue one sheet at a time.</li></ol> <p>Some commercial or institutional toilet paper is wrapped around a cylinder to many times the thickness of a standard toilet paper roll. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Orientation">Orientation</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Toilet_paper_orientation" title="Toilet paper orientation">Toilet paper orientation</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:308px;max-width:308px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:152px;max-width:152px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Toilet_paper_orientation_over.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Toilet_paper_orientation_over.jpg/150px-Toilet_paper_orientation_over.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Toilet_paper_orientation_over.jpg/225px-Toilet_paper_orientation_over.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Toilet_paper_orientation_over.jpg/300px-Toilet_paper_orientation_over.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2200" data-file-height="2017" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">The <i>over</i> orientation</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:152px;max-width:152px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Toilet_paper_orientation_under.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Toilet_paper_orientation_under.jpg/150px-Toilet_paper_orientation_under.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Toilet_paper_orientation_under.jpg/225px-Toilet_paper_orientation_under.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Toilet_paper_orientation_under.jpg/300px-Toilet_paper_orientation_under.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2200" data-file-height="2017" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption">The <i>under</i> orientation</div></div></div></div></div> <p>There are two choices of orientation when using a holder with a <a href="/wiki/Horizontal_plane" class="mw-redirect" title="Horizontal plane">horizontal</a> <a href="/wiki/Axle" title="Axle">axle</a> <a href="/wiki/Parallel_(geometry)" title="Parallel (geometry)">parallel</a> to the wall: the toilet paper may hang <i>over</i> or <i>under</i> the roll. The choice is largely a matter of personal preference, dictated by <a href="/wiki/Habit_(psychology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Habit (psychology)">habit</a>. In surveys of American consumers and of bath and kitchen specialists, 60–70% of respondents prefer <i>over</i>. This is said to exhibit <a href="/wiki/Endianness#Etymology" title="Endianness">endianness</a>, which applies not only to <a href="/wiki/Egg_as_food" class="mw-redirect" title="Egg as food">eggs</a>, but to toilet paper. Most Americans think it should go over the top, like a <a href="/wiki/Waterfall" title="Waterfall">waterfall</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Decoration">Decoration</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Hotel_toilet_paper_folding" title="Hotel toilet paper folding">Hotel toilet paper folding</a></div> <p><i>Toilegami</i> refers to toilet paper <a href="/wiki/Origami" title="Origami">origami</a>. Like table napkins, some fancy Japanese hotels fold the first squares of toilet paper on its dispenser to be presented in a fashionable way.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recreational_use">Recreational use</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Toilet_papering" title="Toilet papering">Toilet papering</a></div> <p>In the United States, toilet paper has been the primary tool in a prank known as "TP-ing" (pronounced "teepeeing"). TP-ing, or "toilet papering", is often favored by adolescents and is the act of throwing rolls of toilet paper over cars, trees, houses and gardens, causing the toilet paper to unfurl and cover the property, creating an inconvenient mess.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Children and cats may unroll an entire roll of toilet paper by spinning it until it completely unravels on the floor, or as a game by children wadding up one end, putting it in the toilet bowl without tearing it and then using the flushing of the toilet to pull new paper into the toilet, with the objective of flushing the entire roll down the toilet section at a time without the toilet paper breaking. Special toilet paper insert holders with an oblong shape were invented to prevent continuous unrolling without tearing to discourage this practice.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Toilet paper pranks include musical toilet paper holders and inserts that are activated by the unrolling of the toilet paper and will loudly play an embarrassing song calling attention to the person defecating.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Other gags include custom toilet paper printed with jokes, stories or politician's images.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mechanics">Mechanics</h2></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Balankin" title="Alexander Balankin">Alexander Balankin</a> and coauthors have studied the behavior of toilet paper under <a href="/wiki/Tensile_stress" class="mw-redirect" title="Tensile stress">tensile stress</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBalankinSusarrey_HuertaBravo2001_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBalankinSusarrey_HuertaBravo2001-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBalankinSusarrey_HuertaUrriolagoitia_CalderónHernández2002_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBalankinSusarrey_HuertaUrriolagoitia_CalderónHernández2002-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and during <a href="/wiki/Wetting" title="Wetting">wetting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Burning" class="mw-redirect" title="Burning">burning</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBalankinMatamoros2002_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBalankinMatamoros2002-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Toilet paper has been used in <a href="/wiki/Physics_education" title="Physics education">physics education</a> to demonstrate the concepts of <a href="/wiki/Torque" title="Torque">torque</a>, <a href="/wiki/Moment_of_inertia" title="Moment of inertia">moment of inertia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Angular_momentum" title="Angular momentum">angular momentum</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarkay2006_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarkay2006-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGoodwin1985_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGoodwin1985-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWalker1975_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWalker1975-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Conservation_of_momentum" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservation of momentum">conservation of momentum</a> and <a href="/wiki/Conservation_of_energy" title="Conservation of energy">energy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEhrlich1997_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEhrlich1997-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Environmental_considerations">Environmental considerations</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_paper" title="Environmental impact of paper">Environmental impact of paper</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Toilet_tissue_roll_on_seat.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Toilet_tissue_roll_on_seat.jpg/220px-Toilet_tissue_roll_on_seat.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Toilet_tissue_roll_on_seat.jpg/330px-Toilet_tissue_roll_on_seat.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Toilet_tissue_roll_on_seat.jpg/440px-Toilet_tissue_roll_on_seat.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>Some people spread toilet paper on public toilet seats before sitting down.</figcaption></figure><p>One tree produces about 800 rolls (400 pounds (180 kg)) of toilet paper and about 83 million rolls are produced per day.<sup id="cite_ref-Toilet_paper_fun_facts_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Toilet_paper_fun_facts-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Global toilet paper production consumes 27,000 trees daily.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>More than seven billion rolls of toilet paper are sold yearly in the United States alone. Americans use an average of 141 rolls per capita a year which is equivalent to 12.7 kilograms (28 lb) of tissue paper per year.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This figure is about 50% more than the average of other Western countries or Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The higher use in the United States may be explained by the fact that other countries people use bidets or spray hoses to clean themselves.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Millions of trees are <a href="/wiki/Logging" title="Logging">harvested</a> in North and South America leaving <a href="/wiki/Ecological_footprint" title="Ecological footprint">ecological footprint</a> concerns.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2009<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Toilet_paper&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, between 22% and 48% of the toilet paper used in the United States comes from <a href="/wiki/Tree_farm" class="mw-redirect" title="Tree farm">tree farms</a> in the U.S. and South America, with the rest mostly coming from old, <a href="/wiki/Second_growth_forest" class="mw-redirect" title="Second growth forest">second growth forests</a>, and, some from <a href="/wiki/Virgin_forest" class="mw-redirect" title="Virgin forest">virgin forests</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT0127_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT0127-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternatives_to_virgin_wood_pulp">Alternatives to virgin wood pulp</h3></div> <p>Toilet paper made from recycled paper avoids the direct environmental impact of cutting down trees, and is commercially available. Recycled newspaper can contain <a href="/wiki/Bisphenol_A" title="Bisphenol A">BPA</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Endocrine_disruptor" title="Endocrine disruptor">endocrine disruptor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-huffpo_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-huffpo-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Toilet paper produced from <a href="/wiki/Bamboo" title="Bamboo">bamboo</a> is commercially available, and is in some ways more environmentally friendly than virgin pulpwood, because bamboo grows faster, taking less land and less water. For North American consumers, the <a href="/wiki/Natural_Resources_Defense_Council" title="Natural Resources Defense Council">Natural Resources Defense Council</a> recommends recycled tree pulp over bamboo toilet paper, because tree forests promote more <a href="/wiki/Biodiversity" title="Biodiversity">biodiversity</a> and bamboo products must be shipped from Asia.<sup id="cite_ref-nrdc_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nrdc-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Toilet paper produced from <a href="/wiki/Bagasse" title="Bagasse">bagasse</a>, a byproduct of <a href="/wiki/Sugarcane" title="Sugarcane">sugarcane</a>, is commercially available, and avoids cutting down any plants because sugarcane is already grown for sugar production.<sup id="cite_ref-huffpo_61-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-huffpo-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The most environmentally 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Russell (2006), "Roll Out: Toilet Paper Physics", <i>Phenomenal Physics: A Guided Inquiry Approach</i> (3rd ed.), <a href="/wiki/Lulu.com" title="Lulu.com">Lulu.com</a>, pp. 135–140, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4116-8882-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4116-8882-7"><bdi>978-1-4116-8882-7</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Roll+Out%3A+Toilet+Paper+Physics&rft.btitle=Phenomenal+Physics%3A+A+Guided+Inquiry+Approach&rft.pages=135-140&rft.edition=3rd&rft.pub=Lulu.com&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-1-4116-8882-7&rft.aulast=Harkay&rft.aufirst=J.+Russell&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AToilet+paper" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Needham, Joseph (1986). <i>Science and Civilization in China: Volume 5, Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Part 1, Paper and Printing</i>. Taipei: Caves Books, Ltd.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWalker1975" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Jearl_Walker" title="Jearl Walker">Walker, Jearl</a> (1975), <a href="/wiki/The_Flying_Circus_of_Physics" title="The Flying Circus of Physics"><i>The Flying Circus of Physics: With Answers</i></a> (1st ed.), <a href="/wiki/John_Wiley_%26_Sons" class="mw-redirect" title="John Wiley & Sons">Wiley</a>, pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/flyingcircusofph0000walk/page/32">32, 235</a>, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-471-76273-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-471-76273-7"><bdi>978-0-471-76273-7</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Flying+Circus+of+Physics%3A+With+Answers&rft.pages=32%2C+235&rft.edition=1st&rft.pub=Wiley&rft.date=1975&rft.isbn=978-0-471-76273-7&rft.aulast=Walker&rft.aufirst=Jearl&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AToilet+paper" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDe_BeaumontTannerRickards2000" class="citation cs2">De Beaumont, Sally; Tanner, Amoret; Rickards, Maurice (2000), <i>Encyclopedia of Ephemera</i>, UK: <a href="/wiki/Routledge" title="Routledge">Routledge</a>, pp. 190–191, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-415-92648-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-415-92648-3"><bdi>0-415-92648-3</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+of+Ephemera&rft.place=UK&rft.pages=190-191&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=0-415-92648-3&rft.aulast=De+Beaumont&rft.aufirst=Sally&rft.au=Tanner%2C+Amoret&rft.au=Rickards%2C+Maurice&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AToilet+paper" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKnuth1984" class="citation cs2"><a href="/wiki/Donald_Knuth" title="Donald Knuth">Knuth, Donald E.</a> (October 1984), "The Toilet Paper Problem", <i><a href="/wiki/The_American_Mathematical_Monthly" title="The American Mathematical Monthly">The American Mathematical Monthly</a></i>, <b>91</b> (8): 465–470, <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2307%2F2322567">10.2307/2322567</a>, <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/2322567">2322567</a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+American+Mathematical+Monthly&rft.atitle=The+Toilet+Paper+Problem&rft.volume=91&rft.issue=8&rft.pages=465-470&rft.date=1984-10&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2307%2F2322567&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F2322567%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft.aulast=Knuth&rft.aufirst=Donald+E.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AToilet+paper" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSmyth2012" class="citation book cs1">Smyth, Richard (2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=aooedVIbrdYC"><i>Bum Fodder: An Absorbing History of Toilet Paper</i></a>. 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