Price advertising around toilet paper is often “opaque,” one expert said. AFP via Getty Images. Often, brands compare their size volumes to skimpy one-ply alternatives in the fine print.

OPINION: I don’t judge many people for many things, but having 1-ply toilet paper in your house will make me side-eye you and your decisions.

Like people who prefer three-ply Charmin. And sometimes advertisers actually want tonnage and reach, she says, like the proprietor of a cheap motel buying one-ply toilet paper in bulk. Either way, ...

One example of a septic-safe toilet paper is Scott 1,000 Sheets Per Roll from Walmart, which is one-ply, affordable, and sold pretty much everywhere.Scott also carries a Rapid-Dissolving Toilet ...

Ply count: 3-Ply Roll count: 24 Sheets per roll: 350 Other available roll quantities: none; Septic safe: Yes Pros: Absorbent, free of scents, chlorine, BPA, and dyes, one of the best toilet papers ...

He notes that old Charmin toilet paper had as many as 650 sheets in a single-ply roll; its mega-XXL today has just 440 sheets. An older Charmin regular roll had 82 sheets versus just 55 today.