Recycling can be confusing enough as it is. To help, here's what those little numbers in recycling symbols actually mean.

Ever wonder what those small numbers on the bottom of your plastic bottles and takeout containers mean? They're called Resin Identification Codes. Follow BI Video: On Twitter More from Science ...

A recycling symbol is seen on a laundry detergent bottle in a bale of plastic for recycling at Sierra Processing. In 2023, the EPA recommended doing away with the chasing arrows symbol ...

Using PET bottles to make recycled polyester produces 75% fewer greenhouse gas emissions, compared to making new PET. You can tell whether a piece of consumer plastic is PET by looking for a number “1 ...

Some "people see the recycling symbol and assume or hope the item ... rinsing out and recycling that plastic juice bottle and simply tossing in with the rest of your household trash," Tom ...

Here’s an easy-to-use guide to recycling in the Sacramento area: Around the world, the triangle-shaped symbol found on recyclable items is called the “chasing arrows,” and includes corresponding ...