Marcal Small Steps {Giveaway}

Within the past year, we've drastically reduced paper use in our house in the form of cloth rags instead of paper towels. While we've been using cloth napkins for years (due at first to aesthetic reasons, then environmental), paper towels took a little longer to give up. We still use them on occasion for cleaning up cat puke and other nasty stuff, but in general we don't use them as much as before. And for the record, I don't see myself ever giving up paper toilet tissue (sorry, that's gross and TMI).

In choosing paper products that have less of an impact on our environment, there are some options. One is using paper products made from recycled paper, rather than virgin trees. Marcal Small Steps is one such product. Made from 100% paper that has not been chlorine-bleached, Marcal Small Steps is an easy way to make your eco-footprint a bit smaller.
I first saw Marcal Small Steps at a CVS when I was on a walk a few months ago and needed to pick up some toilet paper. At first, my cynical side said "yeah right, more greenwashing." But when I read some of the company's PR materials, I found that they really are helping consumers take small steps toward a greener lifestyle.

According to their website, Marcal has been making its paper from recycled paper, not from trees, for the past 50 years. Pretty impressive.
As far as quality goes, I've found all of the products I was sent (facial tissue, 1000-sheet toilet paper, paper towels, napkins and dinner napkins) to be equal to other brands I've used. I think the main reason for buying Marcal Small Steps is for the environmental benefit, not necessarily because the quality is any better than others.

I'll admit it was a little weird trying the paper napkins, since we don't use them, but I found them also to be of decent quality. And with a toddler, it's helpful to have some paper products around to clean up messes. The dinner napkins were sturdier and a little fancier than the standard ones, so you could definitely use them when guests are over. My mother actually uses them at Thanksgiving! I'll be sure to have her pick up Small Steps this year.

To get you on the road to taking small steps toward green living, Marcal is offering one K&K reader

A Marcal Small Steps Starter Kit
(100% recycled paper towels, napkins, toilet paper and facial tissue)

To enter:
Visit Marcal Small Steps and leave a comment here telling me which product you'd like to try and why you'd like to win.

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You must do the first entry in order to enter ("I want to win, thanks!" comments will NOT be considered). You will have until Monday October 19th at 11:59pm EST to enter. The winners will be chosen via random number generator the next day and notified by email. I'll also post the winners on my blog HERE. If I don't hear back from the winner within 72 hours of emailing her/him, I'll pick another.

Disclosure: I was not paid for this post, but received sample products for review.