The entrepreneurial Nelsonian has come up with an eco-friendly, stone-based alternative to traditional toilet paper, made by mixing calcium carbonate with bio-based, water soluble resin. READ MORE:* Nelson fisherman making a difference with beer-related plastic alternative* Is reusable, shareable 'family cloth' a good alternative to toilet paper? Experimentation led him to water-soluble resins and pondering an application that could benefit from a stone-based paper that readily dissolves in water. Supplied RockRoll is being promoted as a zero waste toilet paper alternative that dissolves within 60 seconds. Crowdfunding for the new toilet paper product has been underway for the last three weeks.

Source: Stuff May 31, 2019 16:52 UTC