By Dawn O’Leary
Regarding Thursday’s demonstration on the Third Street Promenade (SMDP, Nov. 4, page 9) protesting Victoria’s Secret use of paper from endangered forests for its catalogs, the company touts its “environmental achievements” because it uses recycled paper for its 24 million “clearance catalogs.” Problem is, clearance cata-logs represent about 10 percent of the total catalogs it sends out. In fact, they send out $1 million catalogs a day — actually, 395 million catalogs a year. You do the math. Better yet — let Victoria.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 7, 2005. Read the original PDF.