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 ...

A photo of a Starbucks coffee cup lid was shared on Reddit, with many people admitting they had never noticed the 'strange' ...

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Coffee fans who love to get their Starbucks fix on a daily basis might have noticed the 'strange' symbol on the takeaway cup ...

Walk into the grocery store and check the back of a container of food. Chances are, you’ll see a small box with instructions on how to dispose of the packaging when you’re finished with it: “empty & ...

Every morning, when state Sen. Ben Allen would grab the newspaper from outside his Santa Monica home, he’d pull off the plastic sleeve bearing the triangular recycling symbol and throw it where he ...

The recycling symbol—those three arrows stamped on myriad plastic items—doesn’t mean what most people think it does, and a California bill wants to change that. The California Legislature passed a ...

Starbucks fans have been left baffled by a 'strange' symbol on the coffee chain's lids - and it turns out there's a very good reason for it ...