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

Reuse and refill businesses in the Portland area are among the initial adopters of PR3’s new logo that organizers hope ...

As part of a more effective network of reuse infrastructure, this new symbol could be a catalyst for more effective waste reduction.

A global alliance of businesses, governments, and designers just unveiled a universal mark for reuse—and it could reshape how ...

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 ...

Running out of your favourite blusher or mascara is often met with the thrill of shopping for new make-up, with the empty tube long forgotten. For those who do try to recycle regularly, we see the ...

Biden officials consider whether symbol, created for first Earth Day in 1970, is misleading because of use on non-recyclable material The triangular loop of arrows that has been the universal symbol ...

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%, ...

It was 1970 when Gary Anderson, a 23-year-old architecture student at the University of Southern California, saw a poster for a design competition. The task was to design a symbol for recycling in ...

The recycling symbol—those three arrows stamped on myriad plastic items—doesn’t mean what most people think it does, and a California bill wants to change that. The California Legislature passed a ...