Recycling can be confusing. Use these symbols to decode what and how best to recycle. Recycling is highly beneficial to the ...

Much of the U.S. uses single-stream recycling, where plastic, glass and paper go into one bin. Here’s what happens to that material and ways engineering is trying to improve the process ...

Coca-Cola has agreed to change some of the claims and labelling made on its bottles, following a complaint from the European ...

Because it’s lightweight and brittle, it’s difficult to collect and process and easily contaminates recycling streams. Symbol 1 – Polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, widely used in soda bottles.

labeled PET or PETE on the bottle label or with a #1 “chasing arrows” recycling symbol. This plastic type has such advantages as being transparent, lightweight, strong, durable and recyclable. Adams ...

Plastic bottles, single-use food containers or even detergent containers, for example, can have a range of different recycling symbols on them, and not every county or town accepts the same items.

Work on the Glen Rosa ferry been hit by more delays and it is now expected to be delivered shortly before or after the Scottish Parliament election next year ...

The group announced a new timeline for redesigned labels, and a collaboration on hard-to-recycle items that includes groups ...