Did you know that Hawaii recycle's newspaper and sells it to China? Once our recycled newspapers arrive in China they bleach the paper and all of the bleach runs off into the rivers the main source of water and food-chain for people. Oh yes don't forget there is also trace amounts of silver and other undesirables in the paper the by product during our printing process.
In our haste to lessen our waste we are killing the Chinese while we attempt to eliminate our problem look at what we are doing to them? We have good intentions but just haven't really thought it out carefully. We need to concern ourselves with the end-result of our actions.
I am a 9th generation Oregonian. My Cherokee ancestors were also forced to travel the Trail of Tears. Other relatives took the Wagon Trains West on the Oregon Trail and settled in what they considered paradise, Oregon. Sadly, they made a living by cutting down old growth timber and exploiting the Chinese workers to dig for gold. One of my late ancestors shot and killed my real ancestor a Chinese cook who was insanely in love with my Greatest Aunt. After 9 generations of my ancestors cutting down the forest I can certainly relate tree lovers saddness and concern. They filter our putrid air, provide shade, prevent land slides that kill people and beautify our earth with awesome presence.
I love the trees they are my beloved friends and I do everything imaginable to impede their destruction. I advocate other resources for making paper but it goes on deaf ears for the most part. Hemp would make a great alternative and many other natural fibers that are already dead are available and could be a perfect replacement.
It was my destiny and honor to impede some of that devastation as a Congressional Aide while facilitating a practicum at University. It wasn't enough but everything helps. The issue was the cutting of Old Growth Timber in Southern Oregon. Clear cutting is so ugly and dangerous. Now at least harvesting and growing tree's specifically for paper is an attempt to save some old growth but not enought is being done. Awareness is so vital and even then you need a captive audience.
Tribe members caught my eye with your beauty and brains and love for the Mother Earth we have a symbiotic understanding of the true devastation and are a significant force that can and will create change. We have to stand to together.
Toilet Paper Fact:
If every household in the United States replaced just one roll of virgin fiber toilet paper (500 sheets) with 100% recycled ones, we could save 423,900 trees.
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Toilet Paper Companies________% Recycled % Post-Consumer Bleaching Process
365 (Whole Foods) _ 100 >80 PCF
Ambiance 100 80 PCF
April Soft 100 80 PCF
Best Value _ 100 <40 PCF
Earth First _ 100 80 PCF
Fiesta 100 80 PCF
Marcal _ 100 40 PCF
Planet 100 80 PCF
Pert 100 <40 PCF
Seventh Generation 100 80 PCF
Sofpac _ 100 40 PCF
Charmin AVOID _ 0 0 ECF
Cottonelle AVOID _ 0 0 ECF
Note: You can also save trees by using recycled facial tissues, paper towels, and paper napkins which are also produced by many of the same brands above.
Three Reminders You Can Do To Help Save Our Forests:
1. Buy paper products with recycled content— especially post-consumer fibers.
Look for products that have a high recycled content, including high post-consumer content. Post-consumer fibers are recovered from paper that was previously used by consumers and would otherwise have been dumped into a landfill or an incinerator.
2. Buy paper products made with clean, safe processes.
Paper products are bleached to make them whiter and brighter, but chlorine used in many bleaching processes contributes to the formations of harmful chemicals that wind up in our air and water and are highly toxic to people and fish. Look for products labeled totally chlorine-free (TCF) or processed chlorine-free (PCF). In some cases, elemental chlorine-free (ECF) may be acceptable.
3. Tell tissue manufacturers to stop using virgin wood for throwaway products.
If a brand you buy for your home doesn't have any recycled content, contact the manufacturer. Tell the company to use more recycled fibers, to avoid sourcing from ecologically valuable forests such as those in the Cumberland Plateau and Canadian boreal, and to ensure any virgin fibers used are certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. Saving forests also helps reduce global warming pollution.
Source: The Natural Resources Defense Council. To learn more, go to www.nrdc.org.
Raven
Currently listening :
Shakuhachi - The Japanese Flute
By Kohachiro Miyata
Release date: By 17 April, 1991
In our haste to lessen our waste we are killing the Chinese while we attempt to eliminate our problem look at what we are doing to them? We have good intentions but just haven't really thought it out carefully. We need to concern ourselves with the end-result of our actions.
I am a 9th generation Oregonian. My Cherokee ancestors were also forced to travel the Trail of Tears. Other relatives took the Wagon Trains West on the Oregon Trail and settled in what they considered paradise, Oregon. Sadly, they made a living by cutting down old growth timber and exploiting the Chinese workers to dig for gold. One of my late ancestors shot and killed my real ancestor a Chinese cook who was insanely in love with my Greatest Aunt. After 9 generations of my ancestors cutting down the forest I can certainly relate tree lovers saddness and concern. They filter our putrid air, provide shade, prevent land slides that kill people and beautify our earth with awesome presence.
I love the trees they are my beloved friends and I do everything imaginable to impede their destruction. I advocate other resources for making paper but it goes on deaf ears for the most part. Hemp would make a great alternative and many other natural fibers that are already dead are available and could be a perfect replacement.
It was my destiny and honor to impede some of that devastation as a Congressional Aide while facilitating a practicum at University. It wasn't enough but everything helps. The issue was the cutting of Old Growth Timber in Southern Oregon. Clear cutting is so ugly and dangerous. Now at least harvesting and growing tree's specifically for paper is an attempt to save some old growth but not enought is being done. Awareness is so vital and even then you need a captive audience.
Tribe members caught my eye with your beauty and brains and love for the Mother Earth we have a symbiotic understanding of the true devastation and are a significant force that can and will create change. We have to stand to together.
Toilet Paper Fact:
If every household in the United States replaced just one roll of virgin fiber toilet paper (500 sheets) with 100% recycled ones, we could save 423,900 trees.
_________________________________________________
Toilet Paper Companies________% Recycled % Post-Consumer Bleaching Process
365 (Whole Foods) _ 100 >80 PCF
Ambiance 100 80 PCF
April Soft 100 80 PCF
Best Value _ 100 <40 PCF
Earth First _ 100 80 PCF
Fiesta 100 80 PCF
Marcal _ 100 40 PCF
Planet 100 80 PCF
Pert 100 <40 PCF
Seventh Generation 100 80 PCF
Sofpac _ 100 40 PCF
Charmin AVOID _ 0 0 ECF
Cottonelle AVOID _ 0 0 ECF
Note: You can also save trees by using recycled facial tissues, paper towels, and paper napkins which are also produced by many of the same brands above.
Three Reminders You Can Do To Help Save Our Forests:
1. Buy paper products with recycled content— especially post-consumer fibers.
Look for products that have a high recycled content, including high post-consumer content. Post-consumer fibers are recovered from paper that was previously used by consumers and would otherwise have been dumped into a landfill or an incinerator.
2. Buy paper products made with clean, safe processes.
Paper products are bleached to make them whiter and brighter, but chlorine used in many bleaching processes contributes to the formations of harmful chemicals that wind up in our air and water and are highly toxic to people and fish. Look for products labeled totally chlorine-free (TCF) or processed chlorine-free (PCF). In some cases, elemental chlorine-free (ECF) may be acceptable.
3. Tell tissue manufacturers to stop using virgin wood for throwaway products.
If a brand you buy for your home doesn't have any recycled content, contact the manufacturer. Tell the company to use more recycled fibers, to avoid sourcing from ecologically valuable forests such as those in the Cumberland Plateau and Canadian boreal, and to ensure any virgin fibers used are certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. Saving forests also helps reduce global warming pollution.
Source: The Natural Resources Defense Council. To learn more, go to www.nrdc.org.
Raven
Currently listening :
Shakuhachi - The Japanese Flute
By Kohachiro Miyata
Release date: By 17 April, 1991
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