In a 2019 survey conducted by the Consumer Brands Association on what they labeled the “broken recycling system in America,” 68 percent of respondents said that they assumed any product with symbols ...

Walk into the grocery store and check the back of a container of food. Chances are, you’ll see a small box with instructions on how to dispose of the packaging when you’re finished with it: “empty & ...

It’s Earth Day 1990, and Meryl Streep walks into a bar. She’s distraught about the state of the environment. “It’s crazy what we’re doing. It’s very, very, very bad,” she says in ABC’s prime-time ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Waste Management has halted carton sorting at its Sacramento facility, likely forcing California to strip the recycling symbol ...

In a recent study, 48% of Brits picked out the wrong symbol when asked to pick out one that signifies recyclable packaging, according to a new report from Which? magazine. The majority of the survey’s ...

We all know how important recycling is for the planet - it helps minimise waste and transforms old products into new packaging. Recycling just four shampoo bottles saves enough energy to power a ...