WTF
The Blue Angel (“Blauer Engel”) is a certification for environmentally friendly products and services in Germany, created in 1977. The award procedure goes from the Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety through two other official instance to an independent jury, which is why the award is widely seen as a very reliable sign for environmental friendliness.
“EINKAUFAKTUELL” (which should rather be spelled “Einkauf aktuell”, meaning something like “up-to-date purchasing”) is about half a pound (in weight) worth of utterly useless advertising—mainly from big chain stores—bundled and soldered in plastic by Deutsche Post and delivered to every household in bigger German cities (soon to be expanded to more rural areas) every week.
To get rid of this crap in a somewhat environmentally justifiable manner (reading it is out of the question anyway), you need to rip the plastic open, then throw the contents into the paper recycle bin and the plastic into the plastic recycle bin.
Today I noticed this specimen in our apartment house’s staircase: with a big green tree on the front page, captioned “Einkaufaktuell erhält Umweltzeichen” (“Einkaufaktuell awarded with the Blue Angel”) and the award logo itself (telling that this award was given because the whole thing is made of 100% used paper).
I don’t know if I am missing the point here, but otherwise I think that this is just completely wrong—or, to put it bluntly, a genuine scandal.
WTF
The Blue Angel (“Blauer Engel”) is a certification for environmentally friendly products and services in Germany, created in 1977. The award procedure goes from the Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety through two other official instance to an independent jury, which is why the award is widely seen as a very reliable sign for environmental friendliness.
“EINKAUFAKTUELL” (which should rather be spelled “Einkauf aktuell”, meaning something like “up-to-date purchasing”) is about half a pound (in weight) worth of utterly useless advertising—mainly from big chain stores—bundled and soldered in plastic by Deutsche Post and delivered to every household in bigger German cities (soon to be expanded to more rural areas) every week.
To get rid of this crap in a somewhat environmentally justifiable manner (reading it is out of the question anyway), you need to rip the plastic open, then throw the contents into the paper recycle bin and the plastic into the plastic recycle bin.
Today I noticed this specimen in our apartment house’s staircase: with a big green tree on the front page, captioned “Einkaufaktuell erhält Umweltzeichen” (“Einkaufaktuell awarded with the Blue Angel”) and the award logo itself (telling that this award was given because the whole thing is made of 100% used paper).
I don’t know if I am missing the point here, but otherwise I think that this is just completely wrong—or, to put it bluntly, a genuine scandal.