According to the Consumer Brands Association, many of the people who responded to their 2019 survey were confused about what the seven different recycling symbols actually meant and represented.

Respondents struggled most with the ' alu' symbol, with 88 per cent failing to say the icon with two circular arrows around the letters 'alu' means the product was made of recyclable aluminium.

After 50 years, the “chasing arrows” recycling symbol may be heading in a new direction, The New York Times reported. While it will remain widely in use on many recyclables, the Environmental ...