Boycot Page Toiletpapier en Kleenex Zakdoekjes

Kimberly-Clark het bedrijf achter Page, Huggies & Kleenex kapt oerbossen in Canada om papier te maken. Juist het kappen van bossen draagt bij aan het broeikasseffect. Dus mijn billen krijgen geen puppy papier meer (zowiezo heb ik het altijd al raar gevonden om mijn billen af te vegen met van die kleine zachte beestjes). Maar hier het verhaal achter het kappen van de bossen:

"Take Action now to save Canada's Boreal Forest. Many of the products of Kimberly-Clark contain fibre sourced from the ancient forests of Canada. Behind the cuddly and soft image of Kimberly-Clark's products lies a manufacturing behemoth. In 2005 alone, Kimberly-Clark used 3.1 million metric tonnes of virgin fibre to make its products, equivalent to 135,000 truckloads. 28 percent of virgin pulp used for its products in Europe and more than 20 percent globally was sourced from ancient forests in Canada including the threatened Boreal forest.

Such huge quantities of tree fibre aren't just a product of being a huge company; it's also due to the fact that Kimberly-Clark trails behind much of the industry in the use of recycled fibre. Unlike Cascades, North America's fourth largest tissue paper manufacturer, which uses 97 percent recycled material for its tissue products; Kimberly-Clark is well behind the pack with only 29 percent of its pulp coming from recycled sources. Many of Kimberly-Clark's best-known brands do not even contain a single strand of recycled fibre, a sad fact that is often proudly displayed on the packaging with the boast of '100 percent Virgin Fibre'.

Stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast, Canada's Boreal forest represents over 25 percent of the world's remaining intact ancient forests. This huge forest is also one of the world's largest storehouses of carbon. Every tree cut from the forest increases the amount of carbon released into the atmosphere and helps to fuel climate change."

Bron: www.greenpeace.com