Giveaway: Scotties Tissues for Your Nose AND the Environment
by Mandi on February 7, 2012
This giveaway is now closed! The winner is Andrea (andrea_merrigan@…)!
Softness and gentleness are probably at the top of your tissue-buying criteria.
But what about environmentally responsible production?
Scotties Facial Tissue is leading this charge with a commitment to plant three trees for every one they use. In fact, they’re so committed to this that they work with third-party auditors, the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) and the Responsible Forest Project (RFP) to ensure the highest level of accountability and responsibility.
In fact, J.D. Irving, the Scotties Facial Tissue parent company, has planted over 800 million trees in the last 50 years!
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