ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC '-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN'> <html><head><title>534743-00019.htm</title> <meta name='vs_defaultClientScript' content='JavaScript'> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name='vs_targetSchema' content='http://schemas.microsoft.com/intellisense/ie3-2nav3-0'> <meta name='Originator' content='CommentWorks'></head><body><Table> <tr><td><b>Comment Number: </b></td><td>534743-00019</td></tr> <tr><td><b>Received: </b></td><td> 5/16/2008 3:45:54 PM </td></tr> <tr><td><b>Organization: </b></td><td></td></tr> <tr><td><b>Commenter: </b></td><td>Tracy Artley</td></tr> <tr><td><b>State: </b></td><td>MI</td></tr> <tr><td><b>Agency: </b></td><td>Federal Trade Commission</td></tr> <tr><td><b>Rule: </b></td><td>Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims</td></tr> <tr><td>No Attachments</tr></Table> <hr><P><b>Comments:</b></p>Greetings! Thank you for taking up this important issue. Many consumers believe any and all &quot;green&quot; claims placed on packaging and there is a large potential for a backlash against all things environmental once consumers realize the greenwashing that has gone on with these labels. As a professional working in the recycling industry, I am often asked &quot;Should I purchase this item? The packaging states that it is biodregrable. Won't it break down in a landfill?&quot; Well, the answer to this question is no as landfills are designed to keep items from decomposing. While I am not an expert in all aspect of &quot;green&quot; packaging, I do have a few requests: -Please require the use of the word &quot;recycled content&quot; on packaging to ONLY mean post-consumer recycled content. Pre-consumer recycled content has been used for years in items and does not support any of the recycling efforts done by the consumer. When they see the term &quot;recycled content,&quot; they think that they are purchasing something made from the newspapers and water bottles they recycled. This just is not the case. -Please require that the term &quot;compostable&quot; means that it will break down in a home, municipal or commercial composting system, not that it will break down in a landfill. Thank you for your time and consideration. Tracy L. Artley Recycling Coordinator</body></html>