Following the coronavirus crisis, one may have to deal with yet another setback, or the risk of running out of toilet paper rolls. Let’s go into the details and see what’s going on.
The last year was marked by the impact of the Covid which unfortunately continues to have negative consequences on our lives, both as regards the economic and social aspects. Unfortunately, we find ourselves having to deal with a increased bankruptcies and swooping turnover, with more and more families struggling with a difficult management from the point of view of the family budget.
Governments around the world are called upon to implement ad hoc measures in order to offer valid forms of aid to their citizens. If all this were not enough, to worsen the situation, an unexpected scenario, which could however turn into reality. Given the latest trends, in fact, there is a fear of having to deal with one toilet paper crisis, both from risk of finding yourself without rolls. So let’s go into the details and see what’s going on.
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Covid, China and the toilet paper crisis: we risk running out of rolls. Here’s what’s going on
2020 is undoubtedly one of those years that we will hardly find it difficult to forget, due to the various unexpected implications it has brought into our lives. A scenario that we could never have imagined and that seems to carry with it consequences equally unexpected. It seems, in fact, that there is a risk of having to deal with a real crisis in toilet paper, so much so that at a certain point not having a sufficient number of rolls to satisfy the request. How is it possible?
Well, as with all products, even in the case of toilet paper the offer is directly proportional to the availability of raw material. In this case it is essentially the wood pulp, of which largest producer is Brazil. Since the China is taking advantage of the situation to increase its industrial production, here is the container ships are loaded with other types of materials, such as the steel bars with ribs, needed to make concrete.
This leads to no longer have enough space for the pulp which is used, as already mentioned, to make toilet paper. Some mailings scheduled for March have already been postponed. If you add to all this what happened to the Suez passage, here is that the slowdown in the delivery of goods cannot go unnoticed. In fact, there is a risk of not having the raw material necessary for the production of toilet paper in time. A situation that could lead the world to find itself if not without rolls, at least with less toilet paper available than needed.
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