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Paper Products Seventh Generation paper products are made from 100% recycled paper, with a minimum of 80% post-consumer materials. The exception is our facial tissue, which currently is 20% post-consumer materials. By early 2007 our facial tissue will be 80% post-consumer due to a shift in manufacturing partners. Our paper is whitened with an environmentally safe process – never with chlorine bleach. By choosing Seventh Generation you are making an important difference today, and for the next seven generations. Here’s how: Recycling paper prevents unnecessary landfilling of natural resources. In addition to saving trees, producing recycled paper uses less water and energy than paper made from trees. Post-consumer materials are those that we recycle from out homes and offices that would otherwise be placed into landfills. By using post-consumer materials we help “close the loop” to encourage more recycling and less waste of valuable resources. Our papers are whitened without chlorine. Our environmentally safe process keeps chlorine’s dangers out of your home and our environment. Bleaching paper with chlorine creates dangerous toxins such as dioxins, furans and other organochlorines. Once loose in the environment, these chemicals accumulate in both people and animals. Hundreds of studies have shown a direct link between dioxin exposure and cancer, birth defects and developmental and reproductive disorders.
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