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Packaging symbolizes the disposable society we have become. More than half of all paper produced in the United States is used in paper packaging.

As a result, in the U.S. we generate 300 pounds of packaging waste per person each year and 32% of the entire domestic waste stream consists of containers and packaging. Because the Southern U.S. is the largest paper producing region in the world, and more than half of all paper production goes to paper packaging, our society's decisions about packaging directly impact Southern forests.

The paper packaging industry needs reform. We must reduce the amount of paper in packaging; increase post consumer fiber used for packaging; and ensure that paper products are not coming from endangered forests.

Excessive packaging of beauty products is just plain ugly. Over-packaging is a reminder that sometime beauty is only skin deep.

Ask Proctor & Gamble, Unilever, and Revlon, some of the largest health and beauty packaging companies to lead their industry in reforming!

Encourage P&G, Revlon and Unilever to fix the Paper Packaging Problem

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I am joining Dogwood Alliance to ask for your help in protecting natural forests in the South and reducing the amount of paper packaging used in the United States. Southern forests are some of the most biologically diverse in North America and around the world. Unfortunately, the Southern U.S. is also the largest paper-producing region in the world with millions of acres being logged every year mostly for paper production and much of this paper is ending up in our landfills. In the United States we generate over 300 pounds of packaging waste per person each year, and 32% of the entire domestic waste stream consists of containers and packaging.

Where is your commitment to the environment?  P&G, Revlon and Unilever, as industry leaders play a key role in the fate of the South's native forests and can lead the reform away from wasteful paper packaging. And as one of the leading paper packaging producers I am asking that your company reduce the amount of paper packaging being used, increase the amount of post consumer fiber in your packaging, and ensure your paper does not come from endangered forests.

Please, lead the reform of the paper packaging industry to save our forests.

Sincerely,

Friends of Southern Forests

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