The iconic chasing-arrows recycling symbol, invented 20 years earlier ... Oregon passed the country’s first “bottle bill” requiring a 5-cent deposit on bottles and cans sold in the state ...

As little as 5% of plastic is actually recycled ... the Federal Trade Commission get rid of the chasing arrows recycling symbol for plastics, calling it "deceptive or misleading." ...

Roughly 5 to 6 percent of plastic in the United States ... They look at the stuff that they bought from the store, they see recycling symbols on it and they put it in the recycling bin.” ...

Plastics 1, 2, and 5 are typically recyclable ... it may or may not have one of the following recycling symbols: Most commonly used glass products (e.g., jars and beverage containers) can be ...

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 ...

For decades, we’ve been told that plastic waste is recyclable, and have been encouraged to recycle our plastic bottles and ...

Each carries the familiar “chasing arrows” recycling symbol; none, she believes ... the plastic marked with a 5 and commonly used for yogurt tubs and margarine containers.

Roughly 5% to 6% of plastic in the United States ... They look at the stuff that they bought from the store, they see recycling symbols on it and they put it in the recycling bin.” ...

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 ...

The May 22 news article “EPA, activists want to trash recycling symbol for plastics that aren’t recyclable” quoted John Hocevar of Greenpeace as saying, “The problem is that if you put 3 ...