For a long time, some recyclers -- and even more municipalities -- have had a big problem with the resin identification code. Now someone is stepping up and proposing a plan that could be an ...

A group of associations is studying the feasibility of changing the resin identification code into a recycling code that aligns better with municipal collection programs and might help educate ...

The ASTM International Subcommittee on Recycled Plastics recently approved what it called major "enhancements" to the plastic resin identification code (RIC) system. The big change? Gone are "chasing ...

Two plastics recycling associations -- the Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR) and the National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) -- are expressing concern about the ...

According to an email from Kim Holmes, senior director of recycling and diversion at SPI, Washington, the organization’s Resin Identification Code (RIC) workgroup is drafting comments on the ballot ...

Ever wonder what those small numbers on the bottom of your plastic bottles and takeout containers mean? They're called Resin Identification Codes. Follow BI Video: On Twitter More from Science Ever ...

To facilitate the recycling of polymeric and plastic materials the Society of the Plastics Industry has developed a resin identification code. The accurate use of these codes by manufacturers can have ...

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