I Hate Running Out Of Toilet Paper
So here's an interesting article explaining the toilet paper shortage. Makes perfect sense to me ("It isn’t really about hoarding")
Summary: domestic toilet paper sold at grocery stores (meant for home use) is different (and made at different mills) than the commercial toilet paper meant for offices, restaurants, schools, malls, etc. So when people started staying home, the domestic TP demand increased (by about 40%), while the commercial TP demand decreased. The problem is that the mills that make commercial TP cannot be easily converted to make domestic TP (different fibers, different process), and since TP consumption through the year (in normal years) is fairly constant and stable, mills always work at full capacity, so they really cannot crank up production of the domestic TP...
Full article here:
https://marker.medium.com/what-everyones-getting-wrong-about-the-toilet-paper-shortage-c812e1358fe0
Summary: domestic toilet paper sold at grocery stores (meant for home use) is different (and made at different mills) than the commercial toilet paper meant for offices, restaurants, schools, malls, etc. So when people started staying home, the domestic TP demand increased (by about 40%), while the commercial TP demand decreased. The problem is that the mills that make commercial TP cannot be easily converted to make domestic TP (different fibers, different process), and since TP consumption through the year (in normal years) is fairly constant and stable, mills always work at full capacity, so they really cannot crank up production of the domestic TP...
Full article here:
https://marker.medium.com/what-everyones-getting-wrong-about-the-toilet-paper-shortage-c812e1358fe0
