A new global symbol aims to make reusable packaging as easy to identify as recyclable materials, helping consumers know ...

The seven recycling symbols on plastic packaging reveal more than you might think, but not all are recycled the same way in ...

Plastics labeled with a number 1 inside the recycling symbol are about 20.9% likely to be reprocessed, according to Greenpeace. Plastics numbered 3 through 7 have a reprocessing rate of less than 5%, ...

Recycling symbols on plastics, known as Resin Identification Codes, were designed for industrial sorting, not as consumer recycling guides. Experts warn that most plastics marked with these symbols ...

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. It’s Earth Day 1990, and Meryl Streep walks into a bar. She’s distraught about the state of the environment.

A survey in the United Kingdom found that recycling-related symbols placed on packaging are understood by most household consumers. When uncertain about which bin to use for a particular piece of ...

For decades, three arrows pointing in a triangular loop have been the iconic symbol for recycling, but that could change. The Environmental Protection Agency — along with thousands of ...

Most of the plastic waste in California is about to lose the recycling symbol. The “chasing arrows” symbol, created in 1970 by a college student inspired by the burgeoning environmental movement, has ...

This is an excerpt from Consumed: How Big Brands Got Us Hooked on Plastic. An odd symbol, made up of three arrows arranged in a triangle, began showing up on plastic containers across America in the ...

Most of us grew up sorting our trash with the quiet confidence that the plastic we set out on the curb would find a second ...