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- From: cfhammer@guvax.georgetown.edu
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: Absurd Recycling Efforts
- Message-ID: <1992Sep7.125141.1303@guvax.georgetown.edu>
- Date: 7 Sep 92 12:51:41 -0400
- References: <40886@gremlin.nrtc.northrop.com> <7916@public.BTR.COM>
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- In article <7916@public.BTR.COM>, timlee@public.btr.com writes:>
- > 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.
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- yep. beware blank symbols. i've seen them on products that mention
- that the materials are _recyclable_. sort of misleading - you have
- to pay attention to the small print. the filled symbols, however,
- always had some recycled content in the products.
-
- beware items termed _recycled_ without listing some percentage or
- another. FYI, the term recycled content includes both pre-consumer
- (factory waste/excess materials) and post-consumer (materials
- recovered from recycling drives). high post-consumer content is
- the best for reducing the waste stream. alot of products have a
- minimal amount of recycled content in it for the hype.
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