Currently, many symbols are in use. Looking at the commonly used ones below, how many do you think mean a piece of packaging is recyclable? The answer is ONE – no.3. So if the symbol is not widely ...

The laggard among symbols—recognized by just 12 percent of respondents—was the one denoting that the company offering the packaged product had paid a fee to a national packaging recovery program. The ...

The study asked respondents about the meanings of seven packaging symbols. On average, 82% correctly identified them. However, participants struggled most with the symbol indicating that “each piece ...