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Two plastics recycling associations -- the Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR) and the National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) -- are expressing concern about the ...

Plastic recycling seems easy — anything with the chasing arrows recycle symbol with a number in it means it can be recycled, and if there is no symbol it can’t be recycled, right? Unfortunately, no.

For a long time, some recyclers -- and even more municipalities -- have had a big problem with the resin identification code. Now someone is stepping up and proposing a plan that could be an ...

New technology could remotely identify various types of plastics, offering a valuable tool for future monitoring and analysis of oceanic plastic pollution. A new hyperspectral Raman imaging lidar ...

To facilitate the recycling of polymeric and plastic materials the Society of the Plastics Industry has developed a resin identification code. The accurate use of these codes by manufacturers can have ...

It wasn’t intended to indicate plastics’ recyclability. But consumers misinterpreted it, and the industry encouraged them.

Additional changes could be coming for the Resin Identification Code, those little numbers and letters on the bottom of plastic bottles and containers that touch millions of lives every day. A ...

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Ever wonder what those small numbers on the bottom of your plastic bottles and takeout containers mean? They're called Resin Identification Codes. Follow BI Video: On Twitter More from Science Ever ...