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 ...

When I visited my friend in Scotland, I was amazed to see how little waste from her family of four actually went into the garbage can. Besides their good habits of buying items with minimal packaging, ...

MADISON, Wis. (WKBT) -- As the holiday season approaches, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is reminding ...

Many of us are familiar with the triangular “chasing arrows” recycling symbol that can be found on products and packaging. Consumers may believe they are doing their part for the environment when ...

Every morning, when state Sen. Ben Allen would grab the newspaper from outside his Santa Monica home, he’d pull off the plastic sleeve bearing the triangular recycling symbol and throw it where he ...

This is an excerpt from Consumed: How Big Brands Got Us Hooked on Plastic. An odd symbol, made up of three arrows arranged in a triangle, began showing up on plastic containers across America in the ...

California signed into law last week a number of measures intended to address environmental concerns in consumer products and packaging, including a ban on use of the chasing arrows recycling symbol ...

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Oregon is about to overhaul its recycling system to make it simpler for consumers who want to keep their empty soup cans, used shipping boxes and old yogurt tubs from going to the landfill. The ...

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"Recycling doesn’t sustainably prevent plastic waste from ending up in the environment," argues Judith Enck.