http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/10/3m-post-its-make-some-greener-progress/ Business, Better. Since 2005 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.triplepundit.com/2008/10/3m-post-its-make-some-greener-progress/comment-page-1/#comment-11597 Pablo Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:08:35 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2008/10/3m-post-its-make-some-greener-progress/#comment-11597 30%? If they call that green, I call it greenwashing. Also, Post-It notes are recyclable in theory, but anyone that has ever seen a recycling facility in action knows that the conveyor belt goes much too fast for one of the manual laborers to pick up such a tiny piece of paper. I guarantee that, unless it's stuck to a much bigger piece of paper, it'll end up in the landfill anyway.I hope that 3m reconsiders this "eco" product and makes it from 100% post-consumer recycled paper, and not that grainy stuff. There is no reason why they can't make it look like their regular product. And while they are at it, why not phase out the regular product and just make it all from 100% recycled paper? 30%? If they call that green, I call it greenwashing. Also, Post-It notes are recyclable in theory, but anyone that has ever seen a recycling facility in action knows that the conveyor belt goes much too fast for one of the manual laborers to pick up such a tiny piece of paper. I guarantee that, unless it’s stuck to a much bigger piece of paper, it’ll end up in the landfill anyway.I hope that 3m reconsiders this “eco” product and makes it from 100% post-consumer recycled paper, and not that grainy stuff. There is no reason why they can’t make it look like their regular product. And while they are at it, why not phase out the regular product and just make it all from 100% recycled paper?

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