Toilet Paper from Trees

By Idelle, March 10, 2009

I’ve always been curious if toilet paper is made from recycled paper, or if it’s made directly from trees – well now, the NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) has provided a handy list of toilet paper brands (and other paper products) that use (or don’t use) recycled paper to make their product. Some of the more commercial brands such as Kleenex, Charmin and Cottonelle make their toilet paper directly from virgin tree pulp, while other brands such as Best Value, Green Forest and 7th Generation make it from 100% recycled paper pulp. Here’s the breakdown:

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.  SEE OTHER PAPER PRODUCT LISTS
365 (Whole Foods)		100	>80	PCF
Ambiance		100	80	PCF
April Soft		100	80	PCF
Best Value		100	<40	PCF
Earth First		100	80	PCF
Fiesta		100	80	PCF
Green Forest		100	40	PCF
Marcal		100	40	PCF
Planet		100	80	PCF
Pert		100	<40	PCF
Seventh Generation		100	80	PCF
Sofpac		100	40	PCF
Charmin		0	0	ECF
Cottonelle		0	0	ECF
Kleenex		0	0	ECF