Today, the recycling icon is omnipresent — found on plastic bottles, cereal boxes, and bins loitering alongside curbs across the country. The chasing arrows, though, are often plastered on ...

The agency wants to stop using the “chasing arrows” logo on plastics that can’t be recycled. The man who designed it more than 50 years ago agrees that the symbol has been misused.

Dozens of Colombian waste pickers have inundated one of Bogota's most iconic squares with about 15 tons of recyclable goods.

Consumers have long treated the chasing-arrows logo, designed by a UCLA student in 1970, as an indication an item can be recycled. That isn't always the case.

Biden Administration Seeks to Curb Misleading Use of Recycling Logo Environmentalists view “chasing arrows” symbol as a greenwashing tool.

RIT research engineers are developing an automated system to quickly and accurately disassemble clothing for next-generation ...

Site manager Levar Davis points at bales of sorted plastic for recycling in a warehouse at Sierra Processing on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, in Albany, N.Y.