How Does Green Forest Make Its Paper Products?

Green Forest is a Wisconsin-based company that produces toilet paper, paper towels, napkins and facial tissue out of 100 percent recycled paper products without the use of chlorine bleach.

Post-Consumer Content

While Green Forest makes it products from 100 percent recycled paper, 90 percent of that recycled material is recovered from prior consumer use and 10 percent is recycled from manufacturing waste. This waste is from the newspaper industry, or made up of left over or irregularly shaped pieces of paper from the manufacturing industry.

Whitening

Most virgin paper products and some recycled paper products use bleach to whiten the pulp before the manufacturing process takes place. Green Forest uses hydrogen peroxide to whiten and only whitens when truly necessary.

Softness

Tissue and towels made from recycled paper products can sometimes seem more rough because the fibers are shorter after being re-pulped. According to the Green Forest website, the company takes extra steps in the manufacturing process to combat this roughness. The shorter fibers of recycled paper products have the added benefit of breaking down faster in septic systems.

References

• Green Forest Paper: FAQ