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Recycling Symbols and Materials Guide

This comprehensive guide covers recycling materials, symbols, and how consumers, manufacturers, and organizations can participate in recycling. It includes information on categories like organics, metals, polymers, ceramics, and composites, along with examples of recyclable products and their development lifecycle. The resource also identifies resin content and explains recycling codes. Learn about the importance of recycling, how to identify products made from recycled materials, and the percentage of recycled content. Explore symbols, resources, and success stories in environmental recycling efforts.

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Recycling Symbols and Materials Guide

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  1. Recycling Materials

  2. Recycling Symbols Consumer gathers recycled materials Consumer purchases recycled materials Manufacturer recycles materials to create new product Identifies resin content

  3. Recycling Symbols Indicates that the product is made from recycled material Indicates the percentage of the product made from recycled material

  4. Recycling and Material Categories Organics Metals Polymers Ceramics Composites

  5. Recycling Organics Grass clippings Bush and tree trimmings Yard vegetation Food scraps Wood Paper

  6. Recycling Metals Steel Brass Copper Aluminum Iron

  7. Recycling Polymers Symbols from earthodyssey.com

  8. Recycling Polymers Symbols from earthodyssey.com

  9. Recycling Ceramics

  10. Recycling Composites

  11. Recycling Codes

  12. Example Product Development Lifecycle for Recyclable Materials http://www.environment.gov

  13. Resources American Forest and Paper Association. (2002). Environment and recycling. Retrieved March 13, 2008, from http://www.afandpa.org Australian Government. (2008). Department of the environment, water and heritage. Retrieved March 13, 2008, from http://www.environment.gov.au/settlements/industry/corporate/eecp/ publications/images/shop2.gif Corrugated Packaging. (n.d.). Recycling corrugated. Retrieved March 13, 2008, from http://www.corrugated.org EarthOdysseyTM Pulling Tool. (2008). Recycling symbols. Retrieved March 13, 2008, from http://www.earthodyssey.com/symbols.html National Geographic. (1997). Recycling polymers. Retrieved March 21, 2008, from http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/education/plastics/recycle.html Publishers National Environment Bureau. (2004). Old papers to newspapers: a recycling success story. Retrieved March 13, 2008, from http://www.pneb.com.au/recycling5.html Recycle Metal.Org. (n.d.). Scrap metal – what is metal waste? Retrieved March 21, 2008, from http://www.recyclemetal.org/education/ Steel Recycling Institute. (n.d.). Welcome to the steel recycling website. Retrieved March 21, 2008, from http://www.recycle-steel.org The Glass Packaging Institute. (2007). Representing the North American glass container industry. Retrieved March 13, 2008, from http://www.gpi.org U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (2008). Recycling municipal solid waste. Retrieved March 21, 2008, from http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/muncpl/recycle.htm Wise Recycling. (2002). Household recyclables. Retrieved March 21, 2008, from http://www.wiserecycling.com/r5a.html

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