Page - August 4, 2009
Forest is being flushed away
Tissue products made from the Boreal forest are used once and thrown away - but there are better ways to make tissue products.
Many tissue products such as toilet paper, facial tissue, paper
towels and napkins are produced from Boreal trees. Greenpeace
estimates that about 600,000 to 700,000 tonnes of tissue products
are consumed in Canada each year. Many more thousands of tonnes of
tissue pulp are shipped to the United States and overseas.
Greenpeace believes that it is simply wrong that disposable products are being produced out of ancient forests.
The Boreal forest is literally being flushed down the toilet
every day by millions of consumers across Canada. This needs to
stop.
Many eco-friendly alternatives to tissue products made from
ancient forests are available today. Tissue products made from 100
per cent recycled paper already exist. These are of equal quality
and price and can be bought at most major grocery, health food, and
corner stores.
Greenpeace is working with tissue product companies to move them
in a positive direction. We are asking that tissue companies
eliminate ancient and endangered forest fibres from their tissue
products. One way they can do this is by increasing the recycled
fibre content of the products or by using fibre that comes from
sustainable sources such as those certified by the Forest
Stewardship Council.
The top six companies producing tissue products in Canada are:
Kruger, Cascades, Procter & Gamble, Irving, Atlantic Packaging,
and Kimberly-Clark.
To find out more, use the Shopper's Guide to Ancient
Forest Friendly Tissue Products.