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Tissue products provide convenience and improved hygiene, reducing the spread of disease. Made with wood from responsibly-managed forests or recycled paper, our members’ tissue products are sustainable.

Paper towels are your go-to solution for keeping clean wherever life takes you. Whether removing a stain from your clothing, touching public surfaces or wiping your face. 

Reusable rags and sponges could be redistributing germs across your home. Cleaning with disposable paper towels helps you avoid cross-contamination.

The Mayo Clinic and CDC agree – paper towels are the gold standard in hygiene for healthcare settings. 

The preferred choice: most cleaning professionals prefer paper towels over jet air dryers. 

When it comes to hygiene, stick with tissue products such as paper towels for hand-drying.  Hygienic, sustainable and preferred by consumers.

Paper towels are widely recognized for their role in maintaining cleanliness and hygiene - both in and away from home.

"The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and AF&PA developed this White Paper to understand how the China import policy would impact U.S. manufacturing sectors and recovered fiber, and suggested ways to address gaps."

Download our interactive annual report to track our progress on key issues for the paper and wood products industry.

People are exposed to risks in many ways every day and some are more likely than others, and there are many regulatory programs to address those risks. The comparable risk chart helps explain how EPA's new risk policy for Washington state's water quality is more strict than several other programs.

This chart helps identify ways EPA could make improvements to the air permitting process and implementation tools.