Money | toilet paper Toilet Paper Losing Cardboard Tube Kimberly-Clark rolls out experimental line next week By Nick McMaster Posted Oct 27, 2010 4:19 PM CDT Copied Rolls of toilet paper featuring both Democratic and Republican leaders sit for sale in a bin at a rally to kick off the Tea Party Express bus tour Monday, Oct. 18, 2010, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) Toilet paper is ditching its cardboard tube, an experiment that USA Today calls the "biggest change in 100 years" for the humble roll. TP giant Kimberly-Clark will test a line of Scott Naturals that stays wound without a tube at Wal-Mart and Sam's Club stores next week. The move is being marketed with the "green" buzzword, but does carry a legitimate environmental benefit: Kimberly-Clark estimates that toilet paper tubes account for 160 million pounds of American trash every year. Read These Next Who added bill's proposed tax on clean energy? No one knows. Bryan Kohberger has admitted his guilt. Sean Combs jury reaches a decision on all charges. Keith Urban interview ends after Nicole Kidman question. Report an error