A handy guide to figuring out what goes into the recycling bin. You’ve seen the little recycling symbols stamped on plastics, glass, paper, metals and other materials. But what do they mean?

Many food containers seem recyclable, but they really aren't. Here's what to put in the recycling bin and what you should avoid.

Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin ... plastics to recycle and most likely to be excluded in your local recycling program: Symbol 3 – Polyvinyl chloride ...

You can learn more about each bin on the GarbageDay website. When it comes to recycling symbols, Lubbers says, “Understand that the symbols on plastics represent different physical and chemical ...

“I recycle these.” As Streep prepares to launch her beer can into the recycling bin, Costner cautions her ... The iconic chasing-arrows recycling symbol, invented 20 years earlier, was ...

Some examples include: Many people often incorrectly put plastic bags in their recycling bin. But Gabriel says it ... these arrows (universal recycling symbol) here, we do not take them here ...

you might think it's okay to buy items that display the triangle recycle symbol. But what happens once you put all of that plastic into the blue bin? Where does it go? We're working for you to ...

Starting Monday, March 22, some Tucson residents’ recycling bins will undergo inspections ... department is beginning its “Feet on the Street” bin-inspection program with hopes to ...