Plastic recycling labels are everywhere: The ubiquitous “chasing arrows” symbol adorns everything from plastic bags and water bottles to kids’ toys. Most commonly, these symbols appear with a number — ...

Greenpeace USA surveyed 367 recycling facilities across the country and found that only two kinds of plastic bottles and jugs are really getting recycled. Meanwhile, many U.S. consumer companies and ...

TEXAS, USA — H-E-B has joined the How2Recycle program. A part of this program is implementing new, easy to read, recycling labels on H-E-B-brand products. "We've been partnered with How2Recycle to ...

Oregonians could soon use their smartphones to find out whether products and packaging are recyclable, and exactly where to take them. “Consumer confusion around what products are recyclable and which ...

Church & Dwight Co. Inc., the New Jersey-based Vitafusion manufacturer, has announced the company will be the first in the U.S. to use recycle-friendly shrink label packaging for vitamins. Beginning ...

Inline Plastics announced that they have pre-qualified all their products with the How2Recycle labeling system. This is a significant milestone that will help processors and retailers properly label ...

The Consumer Brands Association, Arlington, Virginia, and The Recycling Partnership (TRP), Washington, say they are teaming up to provide consumers with up-to-date, localized recycling instructions ...

Online shopping creates millions of tons of packaging waste each year. During the two-day Amazon Prime event that took place in October, America ordered an estimated 260 million items. The shipping ...

Companies are eager to get their hands on used gadgets — whether functioning or not — presenting you with opportunities to ...

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