The Plastic Bottle Institute surrounded these numbers with the chasing arrows logo, giving the public the impression that they could throw all kinds of plastics into recycling bins, whether there ...

Now the environmental agency that oversees recycling efforts in the United States is saying that, after close to five decades in the public eye, the “chasing arrows” logo should be retired ...

It’s a number that you can spot inside the recycling symbol in bottles, containers and other products. The numbers are codes for different types of plastics. The higher the number, the harder it ...

Columbia residents with curbside trash collection no longer will have to put their trash in bags with the city's logo. The decision was made Monday in a 6-0 vote of the Columbia City Council.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - It can be confusing. Items with the recycling logo on it may not be accepted at the City and County of Honolulu’s facility at Campbell Industrial Park. Many of the ...

An up-close look at the piles also turned up countless examples of the three arrows that form the recycling logo, while some plastic packages had messages such as “Recycle Me” written across them.

etc.). The design must include the No MOre Trash! logo. Darin Hamelink, state maintenance director for the Missouri Department of Transportation, which holds the annual contest, said it’s important to ...