when he entered a design contest sponsored by a box manufacturer for a logo to promote the recycling of paper. He won, spawning a symbol that became international shorthand for repurposing waste ...

Compare this symbol to your local recycling guidelines ... can even be more difficult to sort at single-stream recycling facilities. Paper, glass, plastic and aluminum aren't the only things ...

All those paper sacks and cans soon littered the sides ... but a large, high-contrast recycling logo that “stares you in the face.” Workers sort plastic on the curbside-recyclables processing ...

Around the world, the triangle-shaped symbol found on recyclable items ... as well as clean glass bottles and paper of all colors for recycling. Some of the items include: Most of these items ...