

It took Gary Anderson ‘a day or two’ to come up with his design.The folded ‘chasing arrows’ resembles folded newspapers. The original idea for the symbol was to create a symbol for recycled paper.The recycling symbol is a variant of the Möbius loop to symbolize continuity within a finite entity.Figure 2 – The inside negative space of the symbol resembles a pine tree.Figure 1 – The three arrows represent ‘reducing’, ‘reusing’, and ‘recycling’.Bill Loyd and Gary Anderson designing the recycling symbol. The original recycling symbol was designed by Gary Anderson in a logo design contest held by Bill Loyd, the graphic designer at Container Corporation of America in 1970. You can copy and paste recycling icons like normal text: Grab the recycling Unicode icon’s here. Please use the "wizard" above to search specific items.Use the original recycling symbol in your copy. The following CANNOT be recycled curbside - please keep these out of your bin. Boxes not broken down will NOT be picked up. Limits: There is NO LIMIT on curbside recycling but each container or bundle must weigh less than 50lbsĬardboard: Please break down, remove any tape or packing materials, flatten and fold boxes, cartons & other pieces of cardboard into 3’ x 3’ x 2’ bundles (must weigh less than 50lbs), then tie or tape them together & place next to your bin. Red Stickers may also be obtained for free, available at the Municipal Services Facility. Larger personal containers (such as a 30-gallon trash barrel) or wheeled carts may be used, with a total weight of less than 50lbs each, and two (2) Red Recycling Stickers on the outside. Please call before traveling to this location to schedule a pickup. Plastic bags are not acceptable containers.Ĭontainers: Blue, 18-gallon Recycling Bins may be picked up at the Municipal Services Facility locate d at 5 Campanelli Drive. Single Stream Recycling: Allowable items of Mixed Paper, Glass, Plastic, and Metals may be combined in a Blue Bin or personal container(s) with Red Recycling Stickers (see below).
