Look on the flip side of any old paper or plastic container, and there will likely be some form of recycling symbol. Well, turns out much of that recyclable material isn’t getting repurposed — and the ...

Plastic companies are using a convoluted accounting system to make it seem that their products have more recycled content ...

Cook Inlet Tribal Council’s super fab lab turns #2 and #5 plastics, not easily recycled elsewhere in Anchorage, into learning ...

The video stated that popular plastic water bottles are made of polyethylene terephthalate, labeled PET or PETE on the bottle label or with a #1 “chasing arrows” recycling symbol. This plastic type ...

Plastic bottles, single-use food containers or even detergent containers, for example, can have a range of different recycling symbols on them, and not every county or town accepts the same items.

Plastic bottles and retainers are marked with recycling symbols and numbers, 1-7, that notate with what type of plastic the container was made. Republic Services team members say to recycle ...

Not every county or state has a shingle recycling stream available. Look for the familiar green recycling symbol when you browse independent businesses in the Owens Corning Roofing Contractor Network.

When it comes to curbside recycling, you usually don’t need to rinse containers, take lids off bottles or remove tape from cardboard boxes. But please stop putting shoes and batteries in your ...

This Earth Day let’s start recycling everywhere - at home, at work, and everywhere in between. Don’t rely solely on the symbols on the packaging as these can vary from country to country and ...

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 ...

Joe Scott This Is NOT A Recycling Symbol Posted: March 25, 2025 | Last updated: March 26, 2025 For decades, we’ve been told that plastic waste is recyclable, and have been encouraged to recycle ...