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Go Pink for a Cause with Cascades Tissue Group
Cascades Tissue Group announced its plans today to again support The Breast Cancer Research Foundation® (BCRF) with proceeds from sales of its Cascades® Pink hand towels for the Away-from-Home market. This year Cascades will extend the campaign to a full year, ending next June.
“Even with so many great strides in the area of research, there’s still so much to be done. This is our way to provide help in finding a cure”
From July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015, Cascades is donating $0.50 per case sold, with a minimum donation of $5,000 to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation®, while supplies last. BCRF’s mission is to advance the world’s most promising research to eradicate breast cancer in our lifetime, and help make a difference for women and families affected by this disease.
“Even with so many great strides in the area of research, there’s still so much to be done. This is our way to provide help in finding a cure,” said Suzanne Blanchet, Cascades Tissue Group President and CEO. “As we celebrate our 50th year, we remain committed to helping organizations fulfill their goals to make the world a better place.”
BCRF has supported some of the most significant breakthroughs in breast cancer over the last 20 years. Since its inception, the Foundation has raised over $500 million to fuel discoveries in areas like prevention, treatment and metastasis and in 2013 alone, BCRF invested $45 million in the work of over 200 researchers at leading medical institutions across the globe.
“What stands between today and a cure is, pure and simple, funding,” said Myra Biblowit, BCRF President and CEO. “It is through the support of partners like Cascades that BCRF is able to continue to support life-saving research which is bringing us closer to a world without breast cancer every day.”
The Cascades Pink hand towels are available in multifold and roll formats to fit any universal dispensers in public washrooms. This year Cascades is also introducing its Cascades for Tandem roll to be used exclusively with their Tandem dispensing system. Made from 100 percent recycled fiber and a minimum of 50 percent post-consumer material, the hand towels use a non-harmful dye and are whitened without chlorine. For more information about this product, visit www.afh.cascades.com/pink. To find out how and where to purchase these products, please contact Cascades’ customer service at 1-800-246-0711. Product quantities are limited and this offer is subject to availability and until quantities last.
Cascades encourages its partner distributors to match Cascades’ donation at www.bcrfcure.org.
Cascades Antibacterial Towel Wins Prestigious Edison Award Gold Medal
Cascades has announced that its Cascades® Antibacterial paper towel has received Gold honors – the highest available – in the Edison Awards Consumer Packaged Goods: Cleaning Solutions category. The award, named after Thomas Edison, was bestowed to Cascades in a special gala held last night in Chicago and came by way of an international judging panel of more than 3,000 business executives, academics and leaders in the fields of product development, design, engineering, science and medicine.
The company's novel paper towel was launched October 2012 in the North American market as a simple, safe and effective way to reduce bacterial contamination and transmission. Dry to the touch, the green-colored Cascades Antibacterial paper towel has been confirmed in third-party testing to kill over 99.99 percent of harmful bacteria upon coming into contact with wet hands. Among other uses, the product was designed to help decrease contamination possibilities within the food processing and food service industries, and reduce absenteeism rates at work and school. Studies also show that paper towels are the best choice for good hand hygiene; the antibacterial version is therefore an even safer option.
“We're incredibly proud of this product and pleased to receive this distinguished honor,” said Suzanne Blanchet, Cascades Tissue Group CEO. “Eighty percent of infections are transmitted by hands, so we believe this innovation can have a significant impact on overall public health.”
Cascades Tissue Group Unveils Another “First” With Launch of Unbleached, 100 Percent Recycled Beige Facial Tissue
Cascades® Moka™ facial tissue, available for the commercial market, marks an extension to company’s growing line of sustainable, single-use paper products that eliminates chemical whitening and reduces 25 percent of environmental impact
North America’s fourth largest producer of towel and tissue paper, Cascades Tissue Group, has announced an extension of its Cascades Moka line with the launch of the first-ever, unbleached, 100 percent recycled, environmentally preferable facial tissue. This new beige-colored facial tissue unique to Cascades—one of the softest of its kind on the market—follows the award-winning, January 2012 launch of the Cascades Moka bathroom tissue, which created a new category of bathroom tissue that quickly sold through its initial inventory and is now a growing category for the company.
“Based on the success of the Cascades Moka bathroom tissue, we believe people will adopt this product unique to Cascades, if color is the only thing they’re giving up”
Just like its bathroom tissue predecessor, the new Cascades Moka facial tissue is made of a pulp mix composed of 100 percent recycled fiber, 80 percent of which is post-consumer material and—significantly—20 percent recovered corrugated boxes. Its production is also offset with 100 percent Green-e® certified renewable wind electricity and releases a minimum of 30 percent less greenhouse gas (CO2) than what is used in traditional white recycled tissues. Cascades Moka also holds certification with EcoLogo, Green Seal and theChlorine Free Products Association.
Ultimately, it offers commercial purchasers the highest hygienic qualities and softness while significantly reducing the environmental impact that’s commonly associated with manufacturing a single-use product. A detailed life cycle analysis of the pulp mix of the Cascades Moka undertaken by the company revealed a 25 percent reduction in overall environmental impact when compared to the pulp mix used in its traditional Cascades’ 100 percent recycled fiber facial tissue.
“Based on the success of the Cascades Moka bathroom tissue, we believe people will adopt this product unique to Cascades, if color is the only thing they’re giving up,” said Suzanne Blanchet, Cascades Tissue Group president and CEO.
Nearly 400,0001 tons of facial tissue are used annually in the U.S., of which 53 percent is made from virgin fiber sources2. Cascades estimates that if a complete swap was made to their environmentally preferable 100 percent recycled facial tissue, it would save 3.5 million trees annually.
Beige colored facial and bathroom tissues are trademarks of Cascades Canada ULC.