thread: Do you boycott Kimberly-Clarke?

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  1. #1
    Registered User

    Apr 2008
    4,427

    No problem Brontide.
    I am just putting the facts out there that in Australia they are a reputable compnay that are contantly audited by outside resources.

    I wouldnt mind seeing the entire article or a link to it as what you stated didnt convince me. Saying that they have used a small amount of woodchip from british Comlubia coastal areas doesnt really state fact to me. Any reporter can make a generalised comment like that (and what is a small amount???)

  2. #2
    Lucy in the sky with diamonds.

    Jan 2005
    Funky Town, Vic
    7,070

    Yeah, but the point is they backflipped and then decided they did use the old-growth forests. It's not just KC doing this sort of thing though.

    The next thing I have an issue with is the triple strength dunny paper. People use the same amounts of paper and it's now clogging up the sewer system.

  3. #3

    Mar 2004
    Sparta
    12,662

    The entire article is linked in the first post I made. I'm surprised you didn't bother reading it before jumping in to defend them so enthusiastically

    TBH I don't even understand why they are boasting about trying to use 100% 'certified forest' products. If they were aiming for 100% recycled then I might be impressed (although probably not because there are some lovely paper with no question marks against them that already use 100% recycled pulp).



    LOL Lulu, what is it with the 3 ply. Why does it need to be so 'strong'? It's not like people are writing novels on it.
    And the brilliant, blinding white? Does it really need to be super bleached to deserve a place in the bathroom?

    ETA - Just being doing some googling re PEFC. Seems that WWF and the Wilderness society aren't fans and that it has certified some pretty unsustainable forest destruction as sustainable. It sucks when the bodies held up as protecting the environment do no such thing