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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 ...
U+2676 ♶ RECYCLING SYMBOL FOR TYPE-4 PLASTICS; U+2677 ♷ RECYCLING SYMBOL FOR TYPE-5 PLASTICS; U+2678 ♸ RECYCLING SYMBOL FOR TYPE-6 PLASTICS; U+2679 ♹ RECYCLING SYMBOL FOR TYPE-7 PLASTICS; Recycling codes extend these numbers above 7 to include various non-plastic materials, including metals, glass, paper and cardboard, and batteries of ...
Based on 2019 data, the federal study estimated recycling rates at 15 percent for water-bottle plastic, 10 percent for milk-jug plastic, 3 percent for ice-cream tubs, 2 percent for grocery bags ...
The U.S. uses a code system, where numbers correspond to certain types of plastic bottles and types of paper. Codes for bottles/ containers are numbers 1-7 and 70-72. These numbers correspond to certain material and chemical composition as seen below. [11]
From the start of plastic production through to 2015, the world produced around 6.3 billion tonnes of plastic waste, only 9% of which has been recycled and only ~1% has been recycled more than once. [33] Of the remaining waste, 12% was incinerated and 79% was either sent to landfills or lost to the environment as pollution. [33]
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Approximately 6.3 Bt of this was discarded as waste, of which around 79% accumulated in landfills or the natural environment, 12% was incinerated, and 9% was recycled - only ~1% of all plastic has been recycled more than once. [7] More recently, as of 2017, still only 9% of the 9 Bt of plastic produced was recycled. [39] [40]