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27 August 2008
Filed under:Uncategorized at5:15 pm

As the BBC radio programme and podcast iPM relates, this image:

green dot

Has no meaning in the UK – it does not signify either that the product labelled can be recycled or that it was made with recycled material. The label is left on some products sold in the UK if they might be exported but it is certainly possible that this will make British consumers think products and producers are greener than they actually are…