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The "chasing arrows" logo is universally recognized as a sign to recycle, but the Environmental Protection Agency is now saying it's also universally confusing. It's recommending tossing the symbol ...

Plastic recycling symbols only tell you what type of plastic an item is made from — not that the item is recyclable. Plastics 1, 2, and 5 are typically recyclable, while 3, 4, 6, and 7 can rarely be ...

As the agency struggles to address low recycling rates, it argues updates to the iconic chasing arrows recycling symbol would reduce “consumer confusion.” EPA is urging the Federal Trade Commission to ...

A handy guide to figuring out what goes into the recycling bin. You’ve seen the little recycling symbols stamped on plastics, glass, paper, metals and other materials. But what do they mean? We’ve ...

The recycling symbol—those three arrows stamped on myriad plastic items—doesn’t mean what most people think it does, and a California bill wants to change that. The California Legislature passed a ...

Waste is a major problem in almost every country around the world, accounting for 3 per cent of yearly greenhouse emissions in the EU alone. Large landfill sites, often sited in developing countries, ...

It was 1970 when Gary Anderson, a 23-year-old architecture student at the University of Southern California, saw a poster for a design competition. The task was to design a symbol for recycling in ...