Buyers Guide To Home Tissue Products

Toilet Paper

If every household in the United States replaced just one roll of virgin fiber toilet paper (500 sheets) with 100% recycled ones, we could save 423,900 trees.

Paper Towels

If every household in the United States replaced just one roll of virgin fiber paper towels (70 sheets) with 100% recycled ones, we could save 544,000 trees.

ALSO CONSIDER: Reusable cloth rags.  Old T-shirts make great rags!

Facial Tissues 

If every household in the United States replaced just one box of virgin fiber facial tissues (175 sheets) with 100% recycled ones, we could save 163,000 trees. 

ALSO CONSIDER: Reusable cloth handkerchiefs.  Not the best if you have a bad cold, but great for occasions when you just need to dab your nose or to cover your sneeze.  You can use one throughout the day, and throw it in the laundry that night.

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Napkins

If every household in the United States replaced just one package of virgin fiber napkins (250 count) with 100% recycled ones, we could save 1 million trees. 

ALSO CONSIDER: Reusable cloth napkins.  They feel classy, and are easy to throw in the wash with your other towels.

PCF = processed chlorine-free

TCF = totally chlorine-free

ECF = elemental chlorine-free

[source: NRDC]