Toilet Paper Price Spike Shows the Cost of Tissue Industry's Forest Addiction

WASHINGTON, D.C. – American consumers face higher prices on toilet paper and tissue products as a result of the Trump administration's steep new tariffs and the trade war they have set off with Canada. Major U.S. tissue brands rely heavily on Canadian forest fiber, and tariffs increase prices for American consumers.

Following is a statement from Shelley Vinyard, Director, Global Nature at NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council):

“American families are about to pay more at the checkout because the biggest tissue makers built their supply chains on fiber from Canadian forests instead of the recycled paper we already have here at home. If these companies used less forest fiber and more domestic recycled content, consumers would not be left footing the bill.

“What worries me is what comes next. This administration has been looking for any excuse to expand logging in our national forests, and a tariff-driven paper pinch is exactly the kind of narrative it would embrace. However, cutting down mature forests in the U.S. will not bring down the price of toilet paper, and it will cost us beautiful places, clean air and drinking water, and wildlife habitat we cannot get back.”

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NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) is an international nonprofit environmental organization with more than 3 million members and online activists. Established in 1970, NRDC uses science, policy, law and people power to confront the climate crisis, protect public health and safeguard nature. NRDC has offices in New York City, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Beijing and Delhi (an office of NRDC India Pvt. Ltd).