A PET bottle can’t be recycled with the clear ... So is there a way to give the recycling symbol meaning again? When recycling started taking off in the early 1990s, there was no definitive ...

According to Greenpeace, only polyethylene terephthalate (PET) #1 and high-density polyethylene ... code is moderately better than the recycling symbol, says Bourque, but he recommends that ...

At issue is the chasing arrows symbol combined with “resin ... respectively — have the highest recycling rates nationwide. That’s because PET, used in water bottles and some to-go containers ...

The report found that PET and HDPE products had actual reprocessing ... Despite often carrying the recycling symbol on their labels, products that use plastic types "3" through "7" fail to meet ...

You’ve seen the little recycling symbols stamped on plastics, glass, paper, metals and other materials. But what do they mean? We’ve compiled a handy guide to help you decode the dizzying ...

Image 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 Mr ...

There was no resin code or recycling symbol on the package ... Even anti-plastics campaigners agree that recycling plastics, like PET, is better for the climate than burning them — a likely ...

“Only PET (#1) bottle and HDPE (#2) bottles are recyclable in the United States so don’t put other types of plastics in the recycling bin,” says Jan Dell, a chemical engineer and founder of ...