I’ve been barraged with ads touting bamboo toilet paper’s environmental superiority to wood pulp counterparts. But my interest gave way to skepticism when I learned that all the bamboo used for toilet paper is grown in Asia. No bamboo toilet paper is “Made in the U.S.A.” from shoot to sheet. After tracking the progress of different bamboo test crops, he chose Phyllostachys nigra ‘Henon,’ a running bamboo native to China. Many bamboo paper product companies have phrases like “tree-free” splashed across their websites, paired with photos of lush forests being logged for your tush.