every year, with relatively few beneficial uses. According to K-C, more than 45 million tons of this agricultural byproduct is generated in the U.S. Wheat straw is the residue that remains after wheat is harvested. These fibers have shorter harvesting cycles, which reduces the amount of land needed to support demand and takes advantage of abundant plant sources. Green Building Council's definition of rapidly renewable materials because they can regenerate in less than 10 years. Kimberly-Clark Launches New Products using bamboo and wheat straw which meet the U.S. farmers and the creation of a first-of-its-kind manufacturing process for converting plant fiber into pulp. K-C states that these new products required the development of an entirely new supply chain to directly obtain wheat straw from U.S. The company is the first major towel and tissue manufacturer in North America to introduce products made with 20% plant fiber in place of tree fiber or recycled fiber.
FIGLEAF WASTE TIMER PROFESSIONAL
Kimberly-Clark Professional has begun to incorporate rapidly renewable plant-based fiber, such as wheat straw and bamboo, into Kleenex and Scott brand towel and tissue products. Kimberly-Clark's new standards could bring some of the unspoiled areas of the forest closer to permanent conservation, Brooks saiĢ010 Kimberly-Clark stated that it had achieved 98% of this target. Kimberly-Clark has a target to purchase 100% of wood fiber from suppliers that gain independent sustainability certification, with a preference for Forest Stewardship Council-certified fiber. Less than 10 percent of the forest is permanently protected." "Though vast, already 60 percent is allocated to logging companies for development. "Canada's boreal forest is the largest ancient forest left in North America," Brooks said in a statement. The trees and soil of Canada's boreal forest store some 186 billion tonnes of carbon, equivalent to 27 years of global greenhouse gas emissions, said Richard Brooks of Greenpeace Canada. The company pledged to get all its wood fiber for tissue products from environmentally responsible sources, increasing the use of recycled fiber and certified fiber.īy the end of 2011, the company said 40 percent of its North American tissue fiber - about 600,000 tonnes - will be either recycled or certified, an increase of more than 70 percent over 2007 levels. Kimberly-Clark is among the world's largest paper-products manufacturers, including such brands as Kleenex, Scott and Cottonelle. Paper products giant Kimberly-Clark Corp joined forces with Greenpeace on Wednesday, pledging to conserve forests by getting wood fiber from environmentally responsible sources. In an announcement with the environmental group, which waged a nearly 5-year campaign against the company for clear-cutting in Canada's boreal forest, Kimberly-Clark said it would stop buying wood fiber from the vast woodland which stretches across the country unless it is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council.īy Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent | WASHINGTON
Kimberly-Clark joins Greenpeace to protect forests
You will be pleased to know that 2 years before your 2011 post, came proof that Greenpeace, shareholders & consumers can force beneficial change upon companies and Kimberly-Clarke were become more environmentally responsible. Mainstream investors have started pulling their money out of the company, as it is unwilling to listen to its owners, the shareholders. A company like Kimberly-Clark (Kleenex) has very questionable harvesting methods, both in Canada and in Brazil, using trees instead of brushwood and underwood for throwaway products. There's more to it than political correctness.
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