EXHIBIT 23.1


            INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT AND REPORT ON SCHEDULE


Board of Directors
The Fonda Group, Inc.

     We consent to the use in this Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement
No. 333-51563 of SF Holdings Group, Inc. on Form S-4 of our report dated
September 25, 1997 (July 1, 1998 as to Note 16) on the financial statements of
The Fonda Group, Inc., appearing in the Prospectus, which is part of the
Registration Statement, and to the references to us under the headings
"Selected Historical Financial Data of Fonda" and "Experts" in such Prospectus.

     Our audits of the financial statements referred to in our aforementioned
report also included the financial statement schedule of The Fonda Group, Inc.
listed in Item 21(b). This financial statement schedule is the responsibility
of the management of The Fonda Group, Inc. Our responsibility is to express
an opinion on this financial statement schedule based on our audits. In our
opinion, such financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the
basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly, in all material
respects, the information set forth therein.


                                             DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP


Stamford, Connecticut
July 7, 1998