A new report details which Canadian toilet paper brands are using wood fibre from the country's boreal forest. Where does your toilet paper brand rank in terms of sustainability?
According to the National Forestry Database,of trees in 2020. CTVNews.ca reached out to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry to understand how it balances the need for wood and manages forests sustainably.
"Retaining old-growth trees to provide critical habitat for plants, wildlife and other organisms is a key principle of sustainable forest management. In many jurisdictions, harvesting guidelines call for a certain proportion of old-growth or veteran trees to be retained," the email read.The NRDC report looked at toilet paper brands on the market in July 2022. It took data from websites, product packaging and company communications to evaluate the ecological footprint of the products.
According to the government, Canada is committed to finding"sustainable" forest practices and decides each year which trees are harvested. Kruger Inc., a Montreal-based manufacturer told CTVNews.ca in an email that in 2011, it was the first Canadian tissue company to earn an FCS certification. The highest-scoring Canadian toilet paper brand for sustainability is Scott Essential Standard Roll, manufactured by Kimberly-Clark. The brand received a B+ for being 100 per cent recycled toilet paper, using 20 per cent post-consumer fibres and using no chlorine bleach in its product. But the brand lost points for not having a forestry certificate which ensures the pulp and fibre is from sustainable sources.
"Our current focus is to change our packaging," Kornelson said."We are working with our factory to not only replace our plastic wrapper with cardboard we are working to have the wrapper made from bamboo fibre as well as the cardboard tube and the shipping case as well." The lowest-scoring Canadian toilet paper brand was Great Value Ultra, sold by Walmart, which received an F.
The"Issue with Tissue" report says Great Value toilet paper uses non-recycled paper from Canada's boreal forest and is bleached using chlorine, and its manufacturers do not have a forest certificate. Other Canadian toilet paper brands found in stores scored low on the NRDC's ranking due to using the majority of pulp from virgin forests, bleach to whiten the paper and not having a forestry certificate.
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