The agency wants to stop using the “chasing arrows” logo on plastics that can’t be recycled. The man who designed it more than 50 years ago agrees that the symbol has been misused.

The iconic chasing-arrows recycling symbol, invented 20 years earlier, was everywhere in the early 1990s. Its tight spiral of folded arrows seemed to promise that discarded glass bottles and ...

It's recommending tossing the symbol for plastics and replacing it with a new one. The proposed change comes amid a growing body of research that suggests that plastic recycling isn't working and ...

You’ve seen the little recycling symbols stamped on plastics, glass, paper, metals and other materials. Here's what they mean ...

The use of the recycling symbol—the familiar three chasing arrows—constitutes a misrepresentation of claims, says the EPA.

It called for students to create a symbol to promote the recycling of paper products, with a winner to be selected at that summer’s International Design Conference at Aspen. The winning black ...

Experts say a proposed revamp to the recycling symbol is still deceptive — and probably illegal Does changing the shape of the recycling symbol make it any less misleading?

Learn more about all the recycling symbols and what they mean here. Reusing, upcycling, and downcycling. There are other ways you can reduce your waste in addition to recycling.

At the national level, the Federal Trade Commission is preparing an update to its “Green Guides” for the use of sustainability labels, including the recycling symbol.