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Recycling codes on products. Recycling codes are used to identify the materials out of which the item is made, to facilitate easier recycling process.The presence on an item of a recycling code, a chasing arrows logo, or a resin code, is not an automatic indicator that a material is recyclable; it is an explanation of what the item is made of.
The Resin Identification Code (RIC) is a technical standard with a set of symbols appearing on plastic products that identify the plastic resin out of which the product is made. [1] It was developed in 1988 by the Society of the Plastics Industry (now the Plastics Industry Association ) in the United States, but since 2008 it has been ...
Plastic recycling is the processing of plastic waste into other products. [1] [2] [3] ... Plastic identification code ... while in a recycling center, workers pick ...
The arrows are formed into a flat, two-dimensional triangle rather than the pseudo-three-dimensional triangle used in the original recycling logo. The resin identification codes can be represented by Unicode icons U+2673 ♳ RECYCLING SYMBOL FOR TYPE-1 PLASTICS; U+2674 ♴ RECYCLING SYMBOL FOR TYPE-2 PLASTICS
As the Society of the Plastics Industry, the organization introduced the Resin Identification Code in 1988 before turning control of the Code over to ASTM International. This system was introduced to make separation of the many similar-appearing plastic resin types easier for plastic recycling centers across the country. There was no federal ...
The recycling code for plastics was introduced in 1988 by the plastics industry through the Society of the Plastics Industry. [89] Because municipal recycling programs traditionally have targeted packaging—primarily bottles and containers—the resin coding system offered a means of identifying the resin content of bottles and containers ...
Polyethylene terephthalate bottles are mostly recycled as a raw material. In many countries, Polyethylene terephthalate plastics are coded with the resin identification code number "1" inside the universal recycling symbol, usually located on the bottom of the container. [7]
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