Wausau Paper produces Bay West brand towels, tissue, soap, wipers, and dispensing systems for the away-from-home market. This market includes office buildings, schools and colleges, hotels, factories and industrial facilities, airports, high-traffic facilities, and healthcare facilities.

Wausau's Environmental Commitment

Corporate Citizenship & Independent Certification

Leadership

Wausau Paper has a long history of offering products that meet both the needs of our customers and the changing demands of the market. This is demonstrated by the fact that we’ve been producing 100% recycled towels and tissue for nearly two decades. With the rising importance of the global green movement, we understood the significance of substantiating our product claims and became the first paper company to offer a complete line of Green Seal™ certified products. Well before green was the cover story in magazines and headline news in other media, we were developing the environmentally preferable towel and tissue market and leading the way for others to follow.

• First complete line of Green Seal™ certified paper products introduced in 2003
• First paper company to offer Green Seal™ certified towels, tissue and soap
• Continuous paper product and dispensing system innovation
• Commitment to service and delivering whatever the customer values

Choices

Wausau Paper provided the most extensive offering of Green Seal™ certified products in the industry – much more than the “me too” offerings available today. We have products to meet any type of facility need. Whether it’s a school, hospital, restaurant, hotel or office building, we have the correct environmentally preferable product for you.

• Two paper product lines: EcoSoft™ Green Seal™ and Dubl-Nature®
• Two product types: controlled-use and universal
• Three paper grades: white, natural white, and natural
• Broad product categories: roll and folded towels, centerpull towels, household roll towels, single roll and jumbo roll towels, facial tissue, toilet seat covers, and OptiSource® foam soap

Authentic

Rest assured that the products you receive from Wausau Paper are Authentically Green™. Certified by Green Seal, Inc., our EcoSoft™ and Dubl-Nature® products feature environmental attributes that are substantiated and audited by the most stringent and comprehensive third-party standard in the industry. The Green Seal® takes the guesswork out of the green evaluation process.

• 100% recycled – made entirely from recovered fibers
• Meet or exceed U.S. EPA guidelines for post-consumer waste
• No use of chlorine, its derivatives, or other harmful chemicals in bleaching and de-inking processes
• Free of added pigments, inks, dyes, and fragrances
• Reduced-waste and recyclable packaging

Innovation

We are not complacent with our success, but continually look for innovative product ideas and solutions for customers in the marketplace. Wausau Paper strives to develop important ideas in environmentally preferable products. Since our initial Green Seal™ certified product launch in 2003, we have added creative products to our line.

• OptiCore® Tissue – patented tissue featuring a two-part core for 25% packaging reduction and controlled usage
• OptiFold® Folded Towels – uniquely-sized folded towels to discourage waste and reduce use
• Dubl-Nature® Towels and Tissue – superior line of Green Seal™ certified products featuring consumer-like embossing and a high-quality grade of wastepaper for exceptional brightness and absorbency

Systems

To complement our Green Seal™ certified products, we offer a wide range of dispensing systems that control use and discourage waste. Together, our dispensers and Green Seal™ certified products offer the best environmental alternative. Dispensing systems can also be customized to your facility for just the right look.

• Control use and reduce waste to save time and money
• High-capacity towel, tissue and soap dispensers decrease maintenance time and cost
• Touch-free and hands-free options prevent cross-contamination
• Custom imprinting and multiple color choices are available for a unique, coordinated washroom appearance

Green Seal Certified

Founded in 1989, Green seal is an independent, non-profit organization that strives to achieve a healthier, cleaner environment by promoting environmentally responsible products and services. A life-cycle approach ensures that all significant environmental impacts of a product are considered, from manufacture, to use, to disposal.

Green Seal Certified Products

Wausau Paper maintains an unmatched commitment to producing the highest quality, most environmentally preferable towel and tissue products. This is what makes our Authentically Green™ products different from the competition.

Wausau Paper Authentically Green™ towel and tissue products embrace Green Seal™ standards, the most stringent and comprehensive standards in the industry. The certification guarantees buyers that products bearing the Green Seal™ are manufactured to strict environmental standards.

Janitorial paper products certified by Green Seal™ are not only made with 100% recycled fiber, but are manufactured and processed in a way that uses less water, energy, produces less air pollutants, and diverts the most waste from our landfills.

Look for Wausau Paper's Authentically Green™ offering includes 45 Green Seal™ certified products in Dubl-Nature®, EcoSoft™ Green Seal™, and OptiSource™ brands.

FSC Certified

Green Seal Standards

GS-9 Towels

• 100% Recycled (recovered after papermaking process).
• Minimum 40% post-consumer wastepaper content (EPA guidelines)
• Wastepaper is not de-inked using solvents containing chlorine or any other chemicals or compounds harmful to the environment.
• Wastepaper is not bleached using chlorine or any of its derivatives such as hypochlorite and chlorine dioxide.
• Paper towels do not contain any added pigments, inks, dyes or fragrances.
• Product is made in accordance with reasonable industry practice with respect to holes tears, wrinkles, cleanliness, foreign materials or dirt. Product must dispense properly from the container (dispenser) or roll.
• The cores in the roll towels are made from 100% recycled materials
• Packaging materials cannot contain lead, cadmium, mercury and hexavalent chromium in excess of 100 parts per million (above trace levels).

GS-1 Tissue

• 100% Recycled (recovered after papermaking process).
• Minimum 20% post-consumer wastepaper content in bath tissue; 10% in facial tissue (EPA guidelines)
• Wastepaper is not de-inked using solvents containing chlorine or any other chemicals or compounds harmful to the environment.
• Wastepaper is not bleached using chlorine or any of its derivatives such as hypochlorite and chlorine dioxide.
• Bath and Facial tissue does not contain any added pigments, inks, dyes or fragrances.
• Bath tissue contains a minimum of 40 square feet of product per roll; facial tissue contains a minimum of 70 square feet of product per box (inner packaging).
• Product is made in accordance with reasonable industry practice with respect to holes tears, wrinkles, cleanliness, foreign materials or dirt. Product must dispense properly from the container (dispenser) or roll.
• The cores in the bath tissue and the box for facial tissue are made from 100% recycled materials.
• Packaging does not contain inks, dyes, pigments, stabilizers, or any additives to which any lead cadmium,mercury and hexavalent chromium has been intentionally introduced.
• Packaging materials cannot contain lead, cadmium, mercury and hexavalent chromium in excess of 100 parts per million (above trace levels).

GS-41A Hand Cleaners & Hand Soap

• Must meet or exceed applicable governmental and industrial safety and performance standards.
• Cannot be a skin sensitizer or skin irritant.
• No antibacterial, disinfecting, antiseptic or sanitizing product claims can be made.
• Cannot be formulated or manufactured with phosphates, NTA, EDTA, APEOs, halogenated organic solvents, butoxy-ehtanol, or with any chemicals that are proven, probable, or possible carcinogens.
• Fragrances used must be produced or handled following the code of practice of the International Fragrance Association. Fragrances must be declared on the product label and MSDS sheets.
• Can only be formulated or manufactured with good grade dyes.
• Cannot contain volatile organic compounds in excess of 1%.
• Based on standard use, hand cleaners cannot be toxic to aquatic life and must be readily biodegradable.
• Must include detailed instructions for proper use to maximize product performance and minimize waste.
• Must not be packaged in a bag in box packaging.
• Packaging must be recycled (an exception shall be made for lightweight flexible packaging, such as pouches or bags that represent at least 20% reduction in material use when compared with rigid packaging). Efforts must be made to ensure packaging contains post-consumer recycled content.

Bath Tissue

Roll Towels

Soap

Seat Covers