home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!sgiblab!btr!public!btr.com!timlee
- From: timlee@public.btr.com
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: Absurd Recycling Efforts
- Message-ID: <7916@public.BTR.COM>
- Date: 6 Sep 92 18:56:05 GMT
- References: <40886@gremlin.nrtc.northrop.com>
- Sender: news@btr.BTR.COM
- Reply-To: timlee@btr.com (Timothy J. Lee)
- Followup-To: misc.consumers
- Distribution: usa
- Lines: 18
-
- jslee@nrtc.nrtc.northrop.com (John Lee <jslee>) writes:
- |I just opened a box of size 10 (legal size) envelopes. They are blank, with
- |no safety printing on the inside. But then I found the goofy triangular
- |recycle symbol printed in the lower left rear corner.
- |
- |It may seem on the surface that the envelope mfr is a green-conscious
- |company, until you think a little more and wonder how much more
- |printing that goofy symbol added to the cost of the product, and how
- |much in ink and printing chemicals was used.
-
- Just marketing. People who want to buy green have to be careful about
- green claims. Note that the word "recycled" on a product can have
- different meanings in different states.
-
- --------------------------------------------------------------------
- Timothy J. Lee timlee@btr.com ...!decwrl!btr!timlee
- This message comes with no warranty, not even an implied warranty of
- fitness for any particular purpose.
-