Over dinner, I share something surprising I recently learned: the recycle symbol on plastic isn’t a guarantee your item is ...

When PET or PETE is recycled, the plastic is reused to make carpet, furniture, other plastic containers, athletic shoes, and polar fleece. 2Plastic Recycling Symbol 2: HDPE ...

Plastic recycling symbols only tell you what type of plastic an item is made from — not that the item is recyclable. Plastics 1, 2, and 5 are typically recyclable, while 3, 4, 6, and 7 can ...

But EPA argues that’s still misleading, and it suggests FTC adopt ASTM’s standard, which replaces the chasing arrows symbol with a solid triangle outline for all plastics.

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 ...

A survey of household consumers in the United Kingdom conducted by online retailer Plasticsheetsshop found more than 85 percent of respondents understood the meaning of 6 of the 7 recycling symbols ...