Article 3VTCE Dizzying array of recycling symbols 'is confusing consumers'

Dizzying array of recycling symbols 'is confusing consumers'

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Rebecca Smithers Consumer affairs correspondent
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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.

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