A battle has been waging in Sacramento over whether beverage cartons — the ones used for milk, juice, broth, wine, even egg whites — should get the coveted chasing arrows recycling label. Earlier this ...

Plastic recycling labels are everywhere: The ubiquitous “chasing arrows” symbol adorns everything from plastic bags and water bottles to kids’ toys. Most commonly, these symbols appear with a number — ...

An on-pack recycling label has been launched today (March 18) by retailers to provide customers with standardised information on whether packaging can be recycled. The standardised recycling label The ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Anyone who tries to do the right thing and recycle has experienced it: ...

When I was in Seattle for the 2012 TAPPI PLACE Conference (May 6-9; Grand Hyatt Seattle), there was an aspect of the city that stuck with me, and it wasn't the overabundance of Starbucks. All over the ...

How do you know if a package you buy will be recycled? More often than not, there’s no easy way to tell. The inscrutable number codes on the bottom of plastic packages only describe the type of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Raw Farm raw milk containers are displayed on a shelf at a grocery store. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images) A battle has been ...