Plastic recycling labels are everywhere: The ubiquitous “chasing arrows” symbol adorns everything from plastic bags and water bottles to kids’ toys. Most commonly, these symbols appear with a number — ...

Many plastics that carry the “chasing arrows” symbol, like soda cups and yogurt tubs, are rarely recycled. A new California law is raising the bar. By Susan Shain Susan Shain traveled to California ...

UPM Raflatac, headquartered in Helsinki, has launched packaging label materials marketed under the UPM Raflatac Ocean Action trademark that are made from SABIC certified circular polypropylene (PP) ...

When a plastic bottle ends up in a recycling plant, the label attached to it usually isn’t recycled. That’s why a new bottle from Evian was designed to eliminate the label entirely, with the brand ...

A new Greenpeace lawsuit against Walmart Inc. over recyclability claims in its labeling of plastic packaging seems to signal renewed interest around a question that's not gotten much attention in ...

Saudi Arabia - Sabic, a global leader in the chemical industry, has partnered with UPM Raflatac, a top provider of labelling solutions, to launch the world’s first packaging label materials made from ...

Dear Heloise: Hey there. I wanted to write in with two hints from a boy in Illinois. My mother lives alone, and I’ve asked her to turn on the front porch light when she goes to bed, then turn it off ...