Recycling can be confusing enough as it is. To help, here's what those little numbers in recycling symbols actually mean.

The recycling symbol on that container doesn't necessarily mean it can go in your curbside bin. Here's how to decode those plastic recycling numbers.

There are a total of seven resin codes and each number signifies a different category of plastics. But does that mean they can all be recycled?

At least 85% of single-use plastic items don’t get recycled, even if they carry the familiar triangular symbol. A California bill would restrict which plastics can bear the mark.

Environment No, recycling symbols on plastics do not mean an item can always be recycled There are a total of seven resin codes and each number signifies a different category of plastics.

Environment No, recycling symbols on plastics do not mean an item can always be recycled There are a total of seven resin codes and each number signifies a different category of plastics.

There are a total of seven resin codes and each number signifies a different category of plastics. But does that mean they can all be recycled?

There are a total of seven resin codes and each number signifies a different category of plastics. But does that mean they can all be recycled?

Environment No, recycling symbols on plastics do not mean an item can always be recycled There are a total of seven resin codes and each number signifies a different category of plastics.

In a 2019 survey conducted by the Consumer Brands Association on what they labeled the “broken recycling system in America,” 68 percent of respondents said that they assumed any product with symbols ...