Dizzying array of recycling symbols 'is confusing consumers'
by Rebecca Smithers Consumer affairs correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#3VTCE)
Which? says people often don't understand various symbols found on packaging
A confusing array of symbols on household packaging is leaving consumers in the dark about what can be recycled, research reveals.
Nearly half of respondents to a survey carried out in the UK by consumer group Which? thought that products stamped with the so-called green dot (a circle of two intertwined arrows) were recyclable, when in fact it means only that a manufacturer has paid into a scheme that supports recyclable packaging and systems.