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 ...

The Minneapolis-based nonprofit group Recycle Across America (RAA) says it is using some simple solutions to address problems associated with recycling. Specifically, RAA says it is taking steps to ...

GreenBlue's Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) is now offering funding for use of the How2Recycle Label, an on-package recycling label aimed at providing clear and consistent recycling instructions ...

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 ...

The How2Recycle Label has jumped in membership numbers, which it credits to the support of retailer Wal-Mart, which has encouraged its private label suppliers to use labeling that helps consumers ...

A: Here’s one of most important things I can teach you (especially if you ever move): To know what to recycle in your bin/cart, find out the rules for bin/cart recycling where you live. Some items are ...

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 ...

To date, recycling labels across the sector have been designed to assist waste collectors and waste separators and not customers and feedback from customers revealed that the industry symbols ...

US apparel giant PVH Corp has become the first clothing company to commit to using How2Recycle labels on its packaging. The firm, which owns brands including Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Van Heusen ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- Nine years ago, when she founded Recycle Across America, Mitch Hedlund's idea to increase U.S. recycling rates seemed too simple to work. But it was more than just a shot in the ...