Kimberly-Clark’s paper mill in Chester is once again seeing increased demand due to higher COVID numbers, though it’s not as bad as the early days of the pandemic, writes Andrew Maykuth for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

The desire for this essential bathroom commodity is good news for Chester’s 570 workers at the 1.3-million square-foot mill that makes Scott’s 1,000-sheet single-ply bathroom tissue.

“It’s the only product that we make, but we make a lot of it,” said Jeff Hutter, 43, the plant manager of the Chester mill.

Two million rolls of tissue leave the plant every day — 1,389 rolls per minute or 23,000 little squares of toilet paper every second.

The mill has been pretty much in full time mode since the pandemic hit.

It’s limiting packaging options for retailers to keep the production lines moving.  In the plant itself, workers wear masks and are socially distanced.

“We’ve been able to keep rolling,” Hutter said. “We’ve never had to shut down our facility, and that’s why I give a lot of credit to our team. This is a big change, when you think about what we’ve asked our teams to do.”

Read more about the Chester mill’s operation at The Philadelphia Inquirer.

And check out this time-lapse video of workers building the tallest toilet paper pyramid in the world.