The Natural Resources Defense Council has released a report rating paper products by environmental impact. Here are the ratings for toilet paper brands (NRDC chart).
Key
| Green | High Rating (Uses Recycled Materials, and processed non-chlorine bleaching) |
| Yellow | Satisfactory Rating |
| Red | Poor Rating (Does not used recycled material or safest bleaching process) |
365 Everyday Value (Whole Foods): Green
Albertson's Bath Tissue (Albertson's): Red
Ambiance (Atlantic Packaging): Green
American Fare (Kmart): Red
America's Choice (A&P): Red
Angel Soft (Georgia Pacific): Red
April Soft (Atlantic Packaging): Green
Best Value (Cascades): Green
Chambly (Walgreens): Red
Charmin (Procter & Gamble): Red
ColorTex (Orchids): Yellow
Cottonelle (Kimberly Clark): Red
CVS Bathroom Tissue 1000: Yellow
Dominick's (Safeway): Red
Earth First (Royal Paper): Green
Fiesta (Atlantic Packaging): Green
Genuardi's (Safeway): Red
Green Forest (Planet Inc.): Green
Imperial Bleached (Princess Paper): Yellow
Imperial Kraft (Princess Paper): Yellow
Kleenex (Kimberly Clark): Red
Kleenex Ultra-Soft (Kimberly Clark): Red
Marcal (Marcal): Green
Mr. Jumbo (Orchids): Yellow
Natural Value (Natural Value): Yellow
Pert (Cascades): Green
Planet (Planet, Inc.): Green
Quilted Northern (Georgia Pacific): Red
Randall's (Safeway): Red
Real Soft (Walgreens): Red
Rite Aid (Rite Aid): Red
Safeway (Safeway): Red
Safeway Select (Safeway): Red
Saving's Plus (A&P): Red
Seventh Generation (Seventh Generation): Green
Shop Rite (Wakefern): Red
Sofpac (Marcal): Green
Soft Choice (Albertson's): Red
Soft 'N Fluffy (Orchids): Yellow
Soft 'N Gentle (Georgia Pacific): Yellow
Soft Weve (Irving Tissue Co.): Red
Target (Target): Red
Trader Joe's (Trader Joe's): Yellow
Truly Soft (Long's Drugs): Red
Ultra Big Roll (Walgreens): Red
Ultra Val-U (Orchids): Yellow
Velvet (Orchids): Yellow
Von's (Safeway): Red
Walmart (Walmart): Red