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Re: Anti-REcycling Scam In Progress !

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From: Roger Kluck
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 00:00
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"Edward M. Wright" <emw@teleport.com> wrote:

>
>Just thought you might find this as outrageous as I did.  A catalog 
>has some photo pages from it advertising imitation recycled paper.
>Can you believe it?  To quote:           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>"If you or your business desire the understated look of recycled stock, 
>these sheets will provide you the image without the high cost."
>
>Not an ounce of recycled content!!!  
>Perhaps the environmental movement has come full cycle: creating the
>image of looking "environmentally correct" without investing in the
>environment.  Trees for image. I hope not.
>
>Call and express your feelings that such a product could
>really have been created!!!!. 
>They are 20th Century Plastics, at 800-767-0777.
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>Bless these folks with the understated elegance of USENET reaction.
>
>Ed

I suspect this is flame bait.  It has a tag for misc.test, which means
if you respond to it, it will be filed in every test group on the net.
They will respond by sending you receipts. I dropped a one liner and
got about 30 receipts.  

It's an annoying type of practical joke. 

Ignore him. (Or think of something more clever.

envirolaw@accessone.com
Visit Roger's Environmental Resource Page http://www.accessone.com/~envirolaw
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From: envirolaw@accessone.com (Roger Kluck)
Subject: Re: Anti-REcycling Scam In Progress !
Date: 1996/01/29
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