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Recycling Organization Confused For Adult Phone Service

By Maura Judkis

Posted: December 12, 2008

Companies looking to recycle their cardboard through one organization got quite a surprise when they called a toll-free line printed on many boxes. Recent callers to the Corrugated Packaging Council's recycling information line were greeted with a pleasant "Hey there, sexy guy," and offered a variety of, well, eager conversationists. Who knew going green could be such a turn-on?

Turns out, the Corrugated Packaging Council's logo contained a 1-800 number that has since been phased out - and was then bought up by a phone sex line. The company is urging anyone who prints the old logo on boxes to scrape it off of their printing plates, but there have been a lot of confused callers in the meantime.

Blogger Dead Tree Edition thinks this might be a good thing:

Still, with recycled fiber starting to pile up because of low prices, maybe we could use the help of that "adult services organization" to arouse interest in buying waste paper. I can hear one of those breathy operators purring to a paper-company executive, "Hey, big spender, how would you like to go one on one with a couple of truckloads of post-consumer office paper? No flocculation, I promise." Based on what I know of paper executives, that would definitely get their attention.

Likely. So, commence with your corrugated cardboard double entendres in the comments below.

I Disagree

Typically I Could Agree with Your Statement

I however can't. I'm normally a avid reader of this site however am pretty dissapointed in this posting.

Spoof Caller ID of AL @ Oct 26, 2009 09:36:29 AM

Response to hott

Oooh, your cardboard is so stiff!

Mark of NJ @ Dec 15, 2008 15:51:03 PM

hott

nothing gets me hot & bothered like recycling corrugated cardboard

i do it late at night, when no one is watching

legolas of IA @ Dec 12, 2008 13:01:51 PM

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Maura Judkis is a producer at U.S. News. She writes about the green movement and looks for ways to be an ecofriendly consumer without breaking the bank. Send her your green tips.

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