Common Recycling Symbols. Recycling symbols appear on almost every disposable item, including soft drink bottles, soda cans, bread bags, and toiletry packaging.

How the recycling symbol lost its meaning Corporations sold Americans on the chasing arrows — while stripping the logo of its worth.

Recycling symbols. You may have noticed that all plastic has a symbol with three arrows. This actually has a name, though it’s not well known: It’s called the Mobius Loop, ...

The difficulty of recycling plastic can make the chasing-arrows symbol near meaningless, with environmental groups calling plastic recycling a “false solution.” ...

The recycling symbol contest was judged by an eight-person panel of leading designers including Bayer and giants such as film industry innovator Saul Bass and IBM design director Eliot Noyes, ...

Combining the recycling symbol with the resin identification code “does not accurately represent recyclability as many plastics (especially 3-7) do not have end markets and are not financially ...

EPA may change "chasing arrows" recycling symbol for plastics 02:24. The "chasing arrows" logo is universally recognized as a sign to recycle, but the Environmental Protection Agency is now saying ...

The use of the recycling symbol—the familiar three chasing arrows—constitutes a misrepresentation of claims, says the EPA.

Gary Anderson, 75, who designed the widely known recycling symbol when he was a university student in 1970, at his home in Baltimore. Credit... Justin T. Gellerson for The New York Times.

The simplicity of the recycling symbol belies its complicated role in corporate America’s quest to sell ever more plastic. Skip to main content. Scientific American. June 19, 2024.

Regulators have taken notice. At the national level, the Federal Trade Commission is preparing an update to its “Green Guides” for the use of sustainability labels, including the recycling symbol.