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  • Need a Kleenex? You won't find one at Rice University

    12/14/2006 8:04:11 PM PST · by Zakeet · 68 replies · 1,722+ views
    The Houston Chronicle ^ | December 14, 2006 | Kevin Moran
    If you're looking for a Kleenex on the Rice University campus in the near future, you'll be out of luck. Students at the highly rated university in Houston have convinced campus officials to quit buying Kleenex products in favor of products that include recycled material and exclude material from trees cut from North America's largest ancient forest — the Boreal forest that stretches from Alaska through Canada. "It was an initiative that students involved in various environmental groups started," Kyle Saari, a sophomore earth science major at Rice, said today. "We simply showed our purchasing (department) that there are cheaper...