Bathroom Tissue and Paper Towels

40% of trash in U.S. landfills consists of paper products

30% of the timber consumed in the U.S. is used to make paper products

Use of post-consumer fibers reduces the impact on landfills by saving 3.3 cubic yards of space for every ton of paper that is rechanneled

Every ton of 100% recycled paper saves and estimated 4,100 kilowatt-hours of energy, 7,000 gallons of water and 60 pounds of air polluntants

Commercial paper towel dispensers using high capacity rolls save 25 to 35% over mutlifold towels - and use 80% less packaging

What you can do:

Purchase bathroom tissue and paper towels made of 100% recovered materials

Bathroom tissue should contain a minimum of 20% postconsumer waste; paper towels should contain a minimum of 40% postconsumer waste.

Choose unbleached paper towels first; process chlorine free (PCF), second; elemental chlorine free (ECF), third.

Seclect packaging having minimum environmental impact - made of recylced and recyclable materials, imprinted with safe inks and containing no toxic metal dyes, inks or fragrances.

Choose items having the largest amount of product.  For example, each roll ofbathroom tissue should contain at least 40 square feet of product.