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RNZ News
03-06-2025
- General
- RNZ News
Department of Conservation's unsung hero
DOC ranger is an unsung hero whose job is to clean public toilets at Canterbury's DOC sites and provide toilet paper. And replacing the loo paper is a mammoth job nationwide, with DOC revealing around 15-and-a-half kilometres of paper was ordered over the last year - that's long enough to stretch the length of the country nearly ten times. Ranger Daryl Sweeney answers other people's calls of nature, but he thinks it's about time people answered their own. Photo: Department of Conservation
The Sun
22-05-2025
- Business
- The Sun
Major retailer discounts Andrex bulk buy to just £9 — it costs £13 at Asda and Ocado
LET'S face it: no one's enthusiastic about buying toilet paper. However, it's a less tedious task when you can get it for more than 40% off. Andrex Ultimate Quilts Toilet Paper 24 Rolls, £14.75 £9.01 from Amazon Amazon has slashed the price of a 24-pack of Andrex Ultimate Quilts toilet roll from £14.75 to £9.01. The deal is part of the retailer's first-ever 'Everyday Essentials Week', which has seen discounts on an array of household staples. You can get the bulk buy for £8.56 if you opt in to Amazon's 'Subscribe and Save' programme; you can choose to receive it every month or two, ensuring you won't run out. For comparison, Ocado and Asda sell the same 24-pack for £12.99 and £12.98 respectively. It's the lowest price the deal has ever been on Amazon; the previous lowest price was £12.31. That works out at just 36p per roll (or 0.2p per sheet, if you want to get really specific). Andrex calls Ultimate Quilts its "Most Comfortable Clean", thanks to its three-ply quilted "air pocket texture" — it's approved by the British Skin Foundation. It's also approved by the Forest Stewardship Council, meaning that it's sourced from responsibly managed forests or recycled materials. Andrex also commits to using 50% recycled materials in its packaging, and the packaging is fully recyclable. The popularity of Andrex Ultimate is evident, with more than 10,000 people purchasing it in the last month alone. The best deals on household essentials this week *If you a click a link in this article, we may earn affiliate revenue. Our team of shopping experts are constantly on the lookout for the best deals on household essentials — whether that's pantry staples, laundry pods or necessities like kitchen and loo rolls. Here are the best deals we've spotted at Amazon this week: Nescafé Instant Cappuccino Sachets x12, £4 £2.23 - buy here Walkers Cheese and Onion Crisps 45g x32, £35.20 £19.20 - buy here Mutti Chopped Tomatoes x6, £9.18 £6 - buy here Ellis Harper Fridge Deodoriser, £13.99 £8.39 - buy here Ecover Non-Bio Laundry Detergent, £10 £6.65 - buy here Ariel The Big One Laundry Pods x69, £39 £24.50 - buy here Vanish Gold Oxi Action Plus Super Concentrated 500g, £10 £4.62 - buy here Fairy Outdoorable Fabric Conditioner x8, £40 £28 - buy here Spesh by Cusheen Lemon Scented Toilet Roll x72, £34.99 £23.99 - buy here Duck Fresh Discs x3, £15 £8.55 - buy here Biodegradable 20L Bin Liners x100, £12.99 £7.12 - buy here Mr Muscle Drain Unblocker x2, £8.56 £5.48- buy here It holds a very impressive 4.7 star rating on Amazon, from over 800 reviews. One satisfied customer wrote: 'Great soft toilet paper. Good value for money and quick delivery. Great use for all the family. Lasted ages which is great and good price.' Another review highlighted the benefit of a 24-pack: '[Lasts] much longer than other brands, the cheap stuff is just air. This is soft and tightly packed, lasts ages.' For those still on the fence, one enthusiastic reviewer summed it up perfectly: 'If you're still using generic brand toilet paper, treat yourself to Andrex and experience the, ahem, end game of toilet luxury.'
News.com.au
19-05-2025
- Business
- News.com.au
Who Gives A Crap Delivers 100% Recycled Toilet Paper Aussies Love
From Melbourne start-up to global sensation, this loo roll brand is making millions, helping millions and having fun doing it. These products are hand-picked by our team to help make shopping easier. We may receive payments from third parties for sharing this content and when you purchase through links in this article. Product prices and offer details are not assured, and should be confirmed independently with the retailer. Learn more When Simon Griffiths co-founded Who Gives A Crap in 2012, he wasn't chasing headlines or investors. He was focused on one thing: helping tackle the global sanitation crisis – and doing it through something as everyday as toilet paper. 'We started Who Gives A Crap when we learnt that over two billion people don't have access to clean water and sanitation,' Mr Griffiths said. ' Impact has always been at the core of our business – and that's something that will never change.' FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS The idea was simple: Sell sustainable toilet paper online, donate 50 per cent of profits to clean water and sanitation projects, and make the customer experience feel good – literally and figuratively. From its first crowd-funding campaign to now, the brand has stuck to that formula, growing from a Melbourne-based start-up to a global powerhouse. 'We raised $50,000 in 50 hours from our original crowd-funding campaign, which told us pretty quickly the idea resonated,' Mr Griffiths said. COVID'S TOILET PAPER CRISIS A few years later, a pivotal moment in time catapulted the brand's reach: The toilet paper panic of March 2020. As supermarket shelves were stripped bare during the pandemic's first wave, Who Gives A Crap completely sold out – and built a waitlist of half a million people. '#ToiletPaperGate was an unprecedented time,' Mr Griffiths said, 'but it showed us just how connected our community had become.' As demand soared, the team stayed focused on their long-term goal: donating more, and reaching more people in need. 'Donating more than $10 million in our first 10 years was huge for us,' he said. 'But our largest donation – $5.85 million in 2020 – really showed the kind of impact this model can have when scaled. And hopefully we can beat that in the next couple of years!' WORLDWIDE DOMINATION Now operating in almost 40 countries, Who Gives A Crap has sold more than 800 million rolls of toilet paper to date, and donated over $18 million to its WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) partners – all while keeping its distinctly cheeky tone. It's a business that's managed to pair lightness with purpose, engaging people with humour while working to solve a serious issue. 'While we love a good toilet joke, our real aim is to use humour and humanness to engage people in a serious issue – making sure everyone has access to clean water and a toilet,' Mr Griffiths explained. 'In a world where people already feel overwhelmed by constant bad news, we believe doing good shouldn't feel like another burden. 'By adding a bit of joy and delight to the everyday, we hope that we're showing that making a difference can be surprisingly easy and a lot of fun.' COLOUR, MOVEMENT AND LOTS OF PUNS That approach – wrapping a mission-led brand in brightly coloured packaging and very good puns – has helped Who Gives A Crap carve out a cult following. Customers share their deliveries on social media, submit pet photos featuring the product, and in one case, even used the rolls to decorate a wedding cake. 'Even Harry Styles' mum is a fan,' Mr Griffiths said. Alongside the playful tone is a successful business model that's generating impressive results. The company now holds nearly 10 per cent of the Australian toilet paper market, has passed one million Australian customers, and continues to expand its presence in the UK and US – with retail partners including Whole Foods and Waitrose now stocking its signature rolls. It hasn't always been easy. Running a purpose-led company across multiple regions comes with its own set of challenges – especially when your brand name includes the word 'crap'. 'We've learnt that 'crap' can be a contentious word in some markets,' Mr Griffiths said, laughing. 'That hasn't stopped us from sticking with the same brand name globally – it's been a huge strength of ours.' HONESTY THE BEST POLICY Mr Griffiths also stressed the importance of transparency, especially for brands trying to balance purpose and profit. 'You don't have to be perfect,' he said. 'Failing is usually okay as long as you're transparent. We have a saying that our customers will forgive us for our lumps and bumps as long as we're honest about them.' That authenticity extends to the company's internal culture and its approach to innovation. 'We've learnt the importance of zigging when everyone else is zagging,' Mr Griffiths said. 'So many of our best decisions have come from staying true to our values and listening to our community.' 'A FORCE FOR GOOD' The business has already expanded beyond toilet paper, too – launching garbage bags and pet waste bags in late 2024, with more product innovations and limited-edition drops planned for the months ahead. 'We've got some fun things in the works,' Mr Griffiths said. 'Whether it's new products or new designs, we're always thinking about how we can make sustainable choices feel exciting – not like a compromise.' At its core, Who Gives A Crap remains proof that doing good doesn't have to be boring. It can be fun, funny – and financially sustainable. 'We're showing that business can be a force for good,' he said. 'And the more we grow, the more impact we can have.' Looking for more great shopping deals? Sign up to our free to stay up to date on all the latest shopping news and sales. Meet the expert Louise Conville is a journalist, copywriter and endurance athlete with a passion for compelling storytelling across fashion, beauty, health and fitness. With two decades of editorial and content experience, she blends creativity with strategic insight to deliver content that resonates. Outside of work, she's an ultra runner and aspiring triathlete who's happiest on a long trail – occasionally off course, but always moving forward. For stories on writing, running and everything in between, find her on Instagram @louise_conville.
Times
17-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
Ads are filled with bodily functions for our incontinent culture
A middle-aged woman sitting at a desk in a large, silent office audibly passes wind. Bbbrrp. She knows the eyes of her colleagues are upon her, but she doesn't care. She picks up a roll of lavatory paper and makes her way to the loos, thus signalling that she is off for a proper old dump. This is an advert for lavatory paper. The company once advertised its wares by showing gambolling puppies. It didn't feel the need to explain to us what the product was actually for. In the next ad, I would guess, we will be invited into the cubicle with that office worker so we can all share directly in her satisfaction with the absorbency of the tissue. Doing the TV reviews
Fast Company
13-05-2025
- Business
- Fast Company
Why a Brazilian pulp exporter is raising fears of another toilet paper shortage
Everyone has their individual bad memories of the pandemic, but one collective nightmare of the early days of that miserable period is the struggle to find toilet paper at the local store. Now, tariffs are bringing concerns about a toilet paper shortage back to the forefront. Suzano SA is the world's largest exporter of pulp, the raw material for products like toilet paper. And the company tells Bloomberg it has seen shipments decline from Brazil to the U.S. due to tariffs and worries the shipping disruptions could get worse. It is, to be clear, much too early to know what the impact of pulp shipping disruptions will be. The company said shipments were down 20% in April and stores, at present, are well stocked. But tariffs could result in higher prices for consumers, which could lead to a rush by some people to stock up. A similar scenario happened last October when a strike by dock workers on the East Coast sent shoppers flocking to stores, emptying shelves of necessities, including toilet paper. Toilet paper and paper towels are largely produced in the U.S. (Just 10% of the country's toilet paper is imported.) But the pulp used to make them is imported from countries like Brazil and Canada (which sends northern bleached softwood kraft pulp our way). It doesn't take an actual shortage to empty store shelves. Just growing talk of one can cause short term disruptions to the supply chain. Put another way: there's a snowball effect. If a small number of people panic shop, that drives others to do so as well. So if shoppers notice there's less toilet paper on the shelves than usual, they're more likely to stock up just in case, due to recent talk of empty ports and looming product shortages. Suzano is still shipping products to the U.S., but not only is it shipping less, it's charging more. The company says it is passing on the cost of tariffs to U.S. buyers, which could be part of the reason for the smaller orders. 'Since customers are still struggling to forecast how tariffs can affect their production plants, either directly or indirectly, both pulp buyers and sellers are on a price discovery mode as we speak,' Leo Grimaldi, executive vice president at Suzano said on a recent call with analysts. 'There is not clarity yet of what is this price point needed for a full establishment of market confidence and dynamics.' Like the dock worker's strike last year, the trade war was something that was clearly telegraphed by the White House. That gave manufacturers like Kimberly-Clark and Georgia-Pacific time to stockpile pulp to keep retail prices level. Should a herd mentality lead to product shortages, however, that could lead to store managers putting buying limits on popular items. (The danger of that is by limiting what you can buy, it could drive people who were not planning on buying any to join in on the hoarding.) Americans certainly love their toilet paper (which is somewhat ironic, as it didn't become a household staple until the 1940s). At the start of the pandemic, when the panic buying was in full effect, Americans spent $1.4 billion on toilet paper over a four week period in March/April of 2020, according to retail sales tracker IRI. That was a 102% increase from the same period a year before, which led to a widespread toilet paper shortage. We're not alone. In Hong Kong after the pandemic got underway, armed robbers held up a supermarket. They weren't interested in the cash registers. They did, however, take 600 rolls of toilet paper.
