Have you seen this? Scourge of the Earth. Kleenex Hand Towels.
First of all, normally I dig the CDC. But in this case, I don't care. I bet the guidelines for using paper towels or an electronic air dryer are intended for people working in hospitals and schools, but even if the CDC meant this for homes, I. just. don't. care. It's completely idiotic. Yeah, germs in the home are the real threat. Sure. Not oil spills or human trafficking or war. Hand towels, now there's something we can all be frightened of together. Hoo-rah.
Second of all, the single-use towels are made out of 100% virgin fiber. Yup, nothing recycled here. And the Kleenex company blames that on you, the consumer ("Because of the superior softness consumers expect from KLEENEX® Brand, KLEENEX® Brand Hand Towels are made with 100 percent virgin fiber.")
Third of all, do we really want our home bathrooms to turn into public restrooms? Do we, the American public, actually feel safer and more at ease about health and hygiene in public bathrooms? Perhaps because of the uniformity of public bathrooms ... Afterall, uniformity was supposedly a big reason why Americans grew to trust the quality of McDonald's back in the day. But public bathrooms? Gack!
Fourth of all, don't we all use our hand towels after we've washed our hands just to wipe off the little bit of generally clean water left on our hands?
I gack all over your new product, Kleenex. How's that for hygienic?
I don't buy any Kimberley Clark products, (the company who own Kleenex) because up until two years ago, they logged the Otways rainforest for some of their wood. I don't believe toilet paper should come from native, cool climate forest. Isn't that what plantation trees are for?
ReplyDeleteHi, SilverMoon! I am just now seeing comments on the blog. (I had a mistaken understanding that I'd be automatically alerted by the site somehow--oops!) That is interesting information about KC products. Did you see the logging? What a shame! I checked out some sites about Otways, and it looks like such a beautiful park. Hopefully, there won't be further logging there.
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