Students worked with University Administrators to remove the Kleenex brand because the product is produced using trees clearcut from North America’s largest ancient forest, the Boreal.“The removal of Kimberly-Clark products from our university is a strong indication that the company is not producing an environmentally sound product, ” said Kyle Saari, Rice University student.”Kimberly-Clark claims to be an environmentally responsible company, but it uses wood pulp that is clearcut from the Boreal to make throwaway products like tissues and toilet paper. Universities can use their purchasing power to demand that Kimberly-Clark use recycled paper and stop wiping out this important forest.”

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Like the movement to get Coke off of college campuses, this is another great story. The more bad press that Kimberly-Clark gets the better.

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