Using icons to avoid language barriers

We purchased a small step stool made of bamboo (obviously made in China).  The carton is very clearly marked with all the relevant icons.

They obviously expect you to burn it - or eat it - when you're done with it.

Wouldn’t 0% non-toxic mean it’s toxic?  I’m confused….

I believe most icons are confounding to interpret.  Wish they would just disappear, and people would use plain English.  Oh wait, that's what they are meant to eliminate.

IKEA is the pioneer in this field..

Shipping a stool from Asia to the U.S. isn’t sustainable or eco-friendly.

I use a widely known recycled bamboo toilet tissue. Love it. Partly because the company practises the environmental awareness it preaches (invests heavily in well-water and toilet building projects in regions around the world where it’s difficult to maintain such basics of modern hygiene), and partly for the jokes it tells me as I open a new box or unwrap a new roll…

yahooyahoo said:

Shipping a stool from Asia to the U.S. isn’t sustainable or eco-friendly.

EDITED TO ADD: I’ve just learnt that there’s a limited edition of Poetry wrappers! Collect the words and assemble your haiku or limericks. WGAC also have compiled Spotify playlists for longer ‘sits’.  Even better, you can purchase this fun product either online, or from Bear Minimum in Boonton.

How can you not like a company that makes toilet paper and is named:

                                   Who Gives A Crap

TomR

I’m skeptical about bamboo….

Of all the crops that do not need pesticides or insecticides, bamboo has to be at the top of the list. I dare you to plant some in your yard. 

Never ever ever ever plant bamboo in your yard. 

Recycled bamboo paper is softer than papyrus paper, and also softer than paper made from recycled cloth rags.  It’s a pity we don’t have appropriate emojis for the different kinds of TP, that will reproduce here   (Hikers out for very walks train themselves to use various large leaves found in the bush, so everything will be fully biodegradable in the hole they’ve dug then re-covered with soil.)