Reducing, Recycling, and Responsibly Sourcing (Paper and Wood)

Easy Action

• Houston Zoo only uses toilet paper made from recycled content, and you can help animals by doing the same!
• Use your mobile tickets by accessing them on your phone, saving them on Apple Wallet, or opening them directly from the ticket link you received in your confirmation email. You can also take a screenshot of your tickets for easy entry. Our team is available to assist upon arrival if needed. 
• Use our interactive map to navigate Zoo grounds. You can access the digital map here.  
• If you receive printed materials, such as event tickets, or choose to print them at home, please recycle them. Paper products can be recycled and turned into new materials multiple times. 

How You Can Help

• Opt out of junk mail.
• Cancel unwanted catalogs.
• Use reusable chopsticks.
• Have event tickets sent to your phone instead of printing them.
• Sign up for paperless statements.
• Say no to printed receipts. Instead ask for them to be emailed.
• Use 100% recycled paper.
• Use reusable lunchboxes instead of paper bags.

How Houston Zoo Helps

We are continuing our efforts to save forests and the animals that live in them—like local black bears—by using recycled paper created by our friends at New Leaf.

The average household uses 120 rolls of toilet paper each year, that’s 1 roll every 3 days. 27,000 trees are cut down every single day to provide toilet paper for the world. These trees are important habitat for animals like chimpanzees, macaws, and black bears.

By using recycled content toilet paper, we help save the important habitat for animals like chimpanzees, macaws and black bears.