Complexity is an enemy of a ecological life. Toilet paper is a luxury many people adopt as they develop from a third world country to first world country. Other than the problem of the term "develop" as it suggests a raising up of a moral character, it often creates unnecessary waste. While the use of toilet paper appears to be the most sterile method of cleaning oneself in the toilet, the use of the duvet, which one can wash their ass after a toilet suggests their are alternatives. For simplicity sake, I started to use rags and bag them for washing later. Than by using some medical ethanol I sterilize the area a little. The result has been a cleaner, eliminates odor and has allowed me to stop buying wasteful toilet paper. It's not solution to the problem of waste but it mitigates harm.
Wiping in itself is not that but just by considering that toilet paper is bleached white to the destructive of the river life paper mills inflict on their local eco-system, it's incredibly unnecessary.
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