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[โ€“] deafboy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No wonder. That was bound to happen after the humanity as a collective decided to replace the clear labels written in an actual alphabet for some undecipherable monochrome pictograms. Majoring in egytology shouldn't be a requirement for recycling.

[โ€“] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I haven't found the symbols to be an issue, but the majority of my waste with a recycling triangle are "trash" numbers (6/7, then 4/5, now even 3s are excluded here) or borderline lying (numberless plastic bags making it seem like they can go in with my bottles, or making it seem like it's my fault I haven't sought out a bag collection station). It should be fine to have the numbers marked clearly but the acceptability is neither clear nor standardized.

Special shout out to food containers predominantly being 5s and the adorable recycling triangle on greasy pizza boxes.