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ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — Orange County said recycling is costing more than it should, and that cost could be passed down to customers if it can't work things out. Officials said too many residents are ...

It’s Earth Day 1990, and Meryl Streep walks into a bar. She’s distraught about the state of the environment. “It’s crazy what we’re doing. It’s very, very, very bad,” she says in ABC’s prime-time ...

When I visited my friend in Scotland, I was amazed to see how little waste from her family of four actually went into the garbage can. Besides their good habits of buying items with minimal packaging, ...

It was 1970 when Gary Anderson, a 23-year-old architecture student at the University of Southern California, saw a poster for a design competition. The task was to design a symbol for recycling in ...

The "chasing arrows" logo is universally recognized as a sign to recycle, but the Environmental Protection Agency is now saying it's also universally confusing. It's recommending tossing the symbol ...

The agency wants to stop using the “chasing arrows” logo on plastics that can’t be recycled. The man who designed it more than 50 years ago agrees that the symbol has been misused. By Chang Che Gary ...

Many of us are familiar with the triangular “chasing arrows” recycling symbol that can be found on products and packaging. Consumers may believe they are doing their part for the environment when ...

BOISE, Idaho — If you've ever found yourself standing in front of your trash and recycling bins, but could not decide whether that piece of household waste was recyclable or not, you are not alone.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The "chasing arrows" logo is universally recognized as a sign to recycle, but the Environmental Protection Agency is now saying it ...