What is Green Choice?
The Green Choice mark indicates a Twinsaver product that is made from 100%
recycled paper material. Currently over 50% of our paper products are made
using this material.
A smart choice for
the environment
50% of all our products are made from 100% recycled (the Green Choice
range is 100% recycled).
Recycled Fibre is sourced through informal collectors providing
much-needed income to communities.
Energy Efficiency - we constantly work to make our business more
sustainable, our energy saving initiatives have to date produced a 5%
energy saving across all our manufacturing sites.
Over 60% of the water we use in manufacture is now sourced from boreholes
(reducing our reliance on reservoirs and river systems).
100% biodegradable.
Septic tank safe (toilet paper only).
We use a chlorine-free, sulphate-based bleaching agent that is less
harmful to the environment.
We reduce our waste footprint by supplying sludge by-product to local
brickmakers.
Recyclable poly packaging is used across the entire Green Choice range
With ISO 9001 certification across all sites we comply with the highest
quality management systems.
Twinsaver sources our Virgin Fibre from sustainably managed forests.
A smart choice for
your business
What's brighter
than white? Making a planet friendly paper choice!
We won't whitewash this fact - any tissue made from Recycled Fibre (RF) is
NEVER going to be as white as a roll made from new or Virgin Fibre (VF).
What's good to know is, we make our Green Choice range as bright as possible,
with a sulphite-based bleaching agent (not chlorine or chlorine-dioxide) that
is less harmful to the environment.
Our Green Choice toilet paper is soft, strong and as bright as our nearest
competitor, it's also 10% thicker than
comparable Virgin Fibre 1 Ply toilet paper.
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The Green Choice
product journey
Biggest Recycled fibre brand
Twinsaver is the largest tissue manufacturer and user of recycled
paper fibre
in South Africa, fibre that's used in our 100% Green Choice range.
Job creation
All material used in our Recycled Fibre tissue is sourced from informal
recycling collectors, providing sustainable incomes to communities in need
while extending the lifespan of landfills.
Water-wise and energy efficiency
We're working to reduce our impact on the environment at every stage of our
operations, our initiatives have produced a 5% reduction in the use of energy
in all manufacturing sites and over 60% of total water usage through
boreholes.
Responsible waste management
The sludge by-product of our Recycled Fibre paper manufacture process is used
to make bricks which are used in a range of community upliftment and
infrastructure projects.
Recycable packaging
We use recyclable poly packaging across the Twinsaver Green Choice range to
integrate our product usage with our clients' recycling initiatives.
We don't hide the facts
Recycled Fibre vs. Virgin Fibre
Any tissue made from Recycled Fibre (RF) is NEVER going to be as soft or white
as a roll made from Virgin Fibre (VF) derived from new-cut forestry wood.
This is because the longer fibres in virgin wood are easier to lay out and
fluff up for a softer tissue, and the whiteness is created by extensive use of
harmful chlorine-based bleaches.
But, we do make our recycled paper as bright as possible, our Green Choice
toilet tissue is softer, stronger, and as bright as our RF nearest competitor
while 10% thicker than
comparable VF product.
The paper manufacturer process
As South Africa largest paper tissue supplier we know that our manufacturing
operations are resource and energy intensive.
We are trying to change all this.
We're working to reduce our impact on the environment at every stage of our
operations, reducing our water dependence and energy efficiencies, minimising
our footprint in terms of waste-management from landfill to waste-water
quality, while still delivering the quality you expect from the most trusted
toilet paper brand in the country.
Making Green Choice your smart choice of products allows us to make further
strides towards realising these goals.
Partner with us for a sustainable future - speak to your Twinsaver AFH
representative.
Our commitment to maintaining sustainable and good business practices is
reflected in our SABS, ISO 9001 certification.
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