No more kleenex
Kimberley-Clark, the makers of kleenex have repeatedly refused to change their practice of clear cutting virgin, old grown forest to make their paper products. In fact, they are destroying the boreal forests in Canada!
So, no more kleenex brand for me. I’ve found out that in Canada, Cascade or Seventh Generation are simply a better choice for the world. I hope you can switch too!
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other links to check out:
http://www.davidsuzuki.org/
http://www.climatecrisis.net/
http://www.endofsuburbia.com/
Kleenex is blowing away the forests!
Source:
http://www.greenpeace.org/international/news/kleenex-destroys-ancient-fores
From their own site to get the facts:
http://www.kimberly-clark.com/pdfs/2005SustainabilityReport.pdf
(Page 30)
They are using 3 million metric tons of virgin wood and 1 million metric tons of recycled fiber.
They have implemented the ISO 14001 Certification and the Environmental Management System.
“In 2005, Kimberly-Clark engaged with the Natural Resources Defense Council, Greenpeace and World Wildlife Fund for Nature. In 2006, we will revise our forestry policies and enhance transparency to address some of their concerns. As a first step, Kimberly-Clark published our sustainable forestry practices on the corporate Web site. A discussion of these
forestry policies and practices can be found at:
http://www.kimberlyclark.com/aboutus/finalreforestOct05.pdf
”
Unfortunately this link does not seem to work.
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