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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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ELI5: A piece of toilet paper that has been used for blowing a nose could be put into a toilet or into a trash can (which is often right next to a toilet). This choice sends the toilet paper into two completely different waste streams. Which is the more environmentally friendly choice and why?
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Toilet paper is made of short cellulose fibers specifically designed to disintegrate in water. Eventually it gets digested by bacteria in sewage treatment plants . In the waste basked, it ends up in landfills, and while since it’s cellulose it too will be broken down by bacteria it might take fractionally longer since the environment is inconsistent and less wet.