Knowing your symbols makes it easier to reuse and recycle. Groups 1, 2, and 5 are easy to recycle curbside, but groups 4, 6, and 7 are more difficult.

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 ...

Just because that plastic item you rinsed out and placed in your recycling bin is labeled as recyclable doesn't mean it actually is. In fact, according to a 2020 Greenpeace report, most types of ...

In this video, we explore methods for identifying different types of plastic, focusing on elastomers, thermosetting plastics, and thermoplastics, along with the Resin ID codes (recycling symbols) when ...

Today, when you recycle a plastic container, it goes to a material recovery facility, where it must be identified and sorted. Facilities typically rely on imprecise older technology to try to figure ...

It starts with good intentions and a yogurt tub--or maybe a takeout container. Either way, it's a perfectly decent vessel. So, why not give it a second life as a tomato nursery? It feels eco-savvy.

State attorneys general and the Environmental Protection Agency are pressing the Federal Trade Commission to regulate plastics environmental claims more tightly, calling some uses of the resin code ...