Cohousing-L Mailing List: bathroom paper goods

[Lynn Nadeau / Maraiah (welcome]

We've been using our Common House for 15 years now. Each of the two bathrooms 
has a cupboard for back stock of toilet paper and paper towels. A push bottle 
of soap supplies the basin. It is sometimes a challenge to keep the bathroom 
supplies stocked, and -- especially given our interest in using recycled 
non-bleached paper products -- it is also fairly costly. 

With hindsight, I wish we had installed commercial-type toiilet paper and paper 
towel dispensers, as well as a wall-mounted soap dispenser. In the long run, I 
suspect this would have been an economy, and we'd run out less often. 
Now I'm wondering about retrofitting with same. 

Have you used public-bathroom type dispensers, and how has that worked out? Are 
you able to use eco-friendly paper goods with them? What would you recommend? 

Maraiah Lynn Nadeau
RoseWind Cohousing, Port Townsend WA
where the crocus and daffodil stalks are sprouting up
and a sweater is enough for walking outside