Got a cold? What brand of tissues do you reach for? It's hard, especially when you're sick, to make good environmental choices. This is also especially true when you have a Rudolph nose from all that blowing.
Thankfully the good folks at Greenpeace have created a pocket guide that recommends several different brands of facial tissue, but also toilet tissue and paper towels.
How did they make their choices?
"Greenpeace recommends products that meet three important environmental benchmarks: they are made from 100 percent overall recycled content, a minimum of which is 50 percent post-consumer recycled content; and are not bleached with chlorine or toxic chlorine compounds. The guide rates facial tissues, paper towels, toilet paper, and paper napkins.
'Tissue products that are made from recycled content help to reduce our impact on ancient forests, protecting forest ecosystems and wildlife,' said Greenpeace Forest Campaigner Lindsey Allen. 'By using our guide and voting with their dollars, shoppers can help save Endangered Forests,'" according to Greenpeace.
The tired parents version, from the Greenpeace guide-
Buy these brands for a better environmental choice:
*Green Forest
*Natural Value
*Seventh Generation
Avoid these brands (even though they are oh so soft-but full of virgin timber):
*Kleenex
*Cottonelle Charmin
*Angel Soft
*Puffs
Check out the guide from Greenpeace for ratings on toilet paper, paper towels and napkins as well. Wishing you good health!
image: tissue box and used tissues by mypapercrane on Flickr
2 comments:
Or you could use a good ole fashioned hankie or rags.
I know! I just can't quite pull that off--
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