Switch to recycled tissues
Why This is Green
According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, if every household in the U.S replaced a single box of virgin fiber facial tissues with 100 percent recycled ones, we could save 163,000 trees. Choosing products made from recycled content is a simple step you can take to help protect our natural resources. Imagine the impact if we all collectively gave up virgin fiber tissues completely!?
The EPA also recommends using recycled paper products to help preserve forests, conserve natural resources, save energy, and to reduce solid waste, air and water pollutants, and the greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming.
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How To
When shopping for recycled tissues, look for ones that are made from 100 percent recycled content with the highest amount of post-consumer content as possible.
Avoid paper products that are whitened with chlorine bleach, which can release harmful chemicals such as dioxins and furans—known carcinogens—as manufacturing process byproducts. Look for the words Totally Chlorine Free (TCF) or Process Chlorine Free (PCF) on the packaging.
You can refer to the NRDC’s Environmental Ratings to see how various brands stack up. If you don't like one brand, try another.
While you’re at it, you might want to consider using less tissues, with a possible goal of giving them up altogether. You can always use a handkerchief instead.
