Unfortunately, part of the problem is a general lack of understanding of each recycling symbol and what it means. You may have noticed that all plastic has a symbol with three arrows. This ...

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 ...

You can tell whether a piece of consumer plastic is PET by looking for a number “1” stamped inside the universal recycling symbol. The number you see in the symbol stands for the type of plastic used ...

New Yorkers send a literal mountain of stuff — over 600,000 tons of material — to be recycled through curbside recycling ...

You'll know a piece of plastic is made of polypropylene if it has the number 5 inside the recycling triangle symbol. Polypropylene is commonly used in many different applications, including ...

The collection drive has been ongoing for months, with active participation from parents, children, local shops, and ...