Customer Reviews

Green Forest Facial Tissue, White, Assorted Prints, Case Pack, Twenty-Four 175-Count Packs (4200 Tissues)

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I am not a major hippy, but if I can do something sensible for the environment, why not? These tissues are great. They feel nice, look nice and are comparable with any of the name brand tissues. I have used them through nasty head colds, so they have been put through their paces, and hold up fine.

As an aside, I would also always forget tissues when I went shopping (or ran out of them in the middle of a cold) so if you have some storage space I also really like always having tissues on hand...

As a major, daily, year-round sufferer of absolutely soul-sucking allergies (positive for 36 of 40 tested allergens, so there is no season -- nay, month -- in which I'm not toting boxes of tissues Linus-style), I've tried every tissue there is and have gone through unfathomable quantities in my 30 years. I've used only these for the past several years, since I discovered them at my local health food store, and now purchase them by the case. They're not quite as soft as the super-soft virgin-fiber tissues (Kleenex, Puffs, etc.), but they're pretty close, and much, MUCH softer than any other recycled tissue I've tried. They also hold up really well, and the recycled content is excellent. These are the only recycled tissues that are soft enough and strong enough for me, and I've actually converted a couple of not-particularly-eco-conscious former tissue-prisses to these from the super-soft, lotiony Puffs and Kleenex, which tells you how good they are. Head and shoulders above the rest of the pack, and a lifesaver for those of us in the unenviable position of going through loads of tissues, so really needing softness, but also being concerned with smart use of resources.

i thought that recycled tissues would be scratchy & thin - i was wrong. green forest facial tissues are great! and they're good for the environment, too. i love the fact that they're not wrapped in plastic either - that's another bonus! :)

I've bought these tissues in bulk for the second time from Amazon.com. I'm very happy with the quality of them, and it's nice that you get 4 different colors of boxes to coordinate with your different rooms! I selected Green Forest tissues instead of Seventh Generation because they use slightly more post-consumer recycled paper (GF = 90%, SG = 80% according to the Natural Resources Defense Council) and they are more cost-effective too. Don't buy Puffs or Kleenex, they don't use any recycled paper in their products. I recommend Seventh Generation for toilet paper and paper towels. Check out the NRDC's Shopper's Guide to paper products [...] for more information.

We are really happy with these, and I feel SO good using post-consumer recycled paper. It completes that recycling circle. No, they're not like a Puff's tissue that contains a lot of rag, so they don't feel like a super soft piece of fabric on your nose; however, they are soft and we have no complaints. Since they don't have the lotion junk in them (that is also loaded with toxic chemicals), I don't have to worry about my family getting those chemicals on their skin, and I can clean my glasses with them. In our pack of 24, we received 6 each of the following colors: grass green, silvery gray, golden toast and rose. The boxes are not like the photo. The background is solid with a leaf print along the lower edges. The bottom of the box is a deeper color that fades to a lighter shade toward the top of the box. We have these on Subscribe & Save. Thanks Amazon!

Good quality product, reasonably priced. I'd rate these about the same as standard "Kleenex" brand products - you really cannot compare them to the super soft varieties of facial tissues, though. Not super soft, but not super scratchy, either. My family is usually pretty willing to sacrifice some comfort to work with environmentally friendly products, and isn't too picky. If you have particularly sensitive skin, though, you probably shouldn't choose this product.

I love that Green Forest tissues are recycled and that they are reasonably soft. That combination in and of itself is apparently a miracle, because none of the other three or so kinds of recycled tissues I tried were tolerably soft.
BUT I still felt guilty about using Green Forest tissues because of the packaging. For one thing, the boxes are small, like the Kleenex boxes kids used to take to school when they were required to contribute to the supply. Small boxes result in more surface area and, therefore, more packaging. For another thing, there is a sheet of unrecyclable plastic in the hole at the top of the box that dispenses the tissues, just like you'd find in the aforementioned Kleenex boxes.
After going through a case of the Green Forest tissues, I figured it would actually be better for the planet if we just got big boxes of Puffs with no plastic. If Green Forest offered similar boxes, I'd seek those out instead.

I try to make environmentally friendly choices, and knowing how many boxes of tissues my family blows through, I thought I'd switch to a greener brand. I read many reviews before I settled on this brand and had faith when people claimed that these tissues were soft. Bad choice. These tissues are about as soft as those industrial paper towels that plague restrooms in government buildings. As soon as I pulled the first tissue from the first box I knew that I would never order these again (and cursed the fact that I had ordered a case of 24 boxes of a brand I'd never tried before). If you are accustomed to the softness of Kleenex or Puffs, then don't pick these tissues. On the plus side, they are very strong and don't leave a lot of tissue lint around. I just can't get past the scratchy factor, though, and will switch back to Kleenex when/if we ever run out of these tissues.

I've tried many different brands of recycled tissues, and have found Green Forest to be both soft and strong. It's two-ply, so it's not going to fall apart while you're using it! I especially like that it's made from 100% recycled materials, with no fragrance or dyes. Good item for a good price!

We've tried some other brands of recycled tissues and my husband, who suffers from allergies, has been unhappy with them all until now. He feels that Green Forest has the others beat hands down in terms of both softness and absorbency. The various box colors are a nice bonus, too.

The selection of recycled-paper products in our area is pretty slim and we have decent storage space in our house, so it made sense to subscribe to this product, particularly in light of the cost savings.