This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. It’s Earth Day 1990, and Meryl Streep walks into a bar. She’s distraught about the state of the environment.

Most of the plastic waste in California is about to lose the recycling symbol. The “chasing arrows” symbol, created in 1970 by a college student inspired by the burgeoning environmental movement, has ...

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One of the most recognized symbols worldwide, the ‘chasing arrows’ recycling logo, is up for reconsideration. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) argues that the logo, commonly seen on plastic ...

California has enacted a groundbreaking law that prohibits companies from using the "chasing arrows" recycling symbol on products that aren't commonly recycled. This new regulation aims to combat ...

Montana Tech took home the prize of $5000 in recycling bins for their campus in the Busch Systems "Like the Logo" college recycling logo contest held recently on Facebook. Online, March 2, 2012 ...

M etal Packaging Europe (MPE), the Brussels-based umbrella organization representing producers and suppliers of rigid metal packaging across Europe, has introduced a new recycling logo that the ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The triangular loop of arrows that has been the universal symbol of recycling for the ...

Walk into the grocery store and check the back of a container of food. Chances are, you’ll see a small box with instructions on how to dispose of the packaging when you’re finished with it: “empty & ...

The iconic recycling logo has become an internationally recognized standard. When you see the three arrows, you know exactly what it means. Mark Wilson at FastCoDesign deems it "a design classic that ...

Recycling is a big concept in the direct marketing industry. Consumers are calling out for more environmentally friendly practices and less waste, and marketers are obliging by testing recycled papers ...

MTB Recycling, the France-based company that has more than 30 years of experience manufacturing wire and cable chopping systems, has unveiled a redesigned logo. The decision to redesign its logo ...