{"id":3117,"date":"2024-10-14T23:37:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T03:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=3117"},"modified":"2024-10-14T23:37:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T03:37:00","slug":"how2recycle-adds-current-and-local-recyclability-to-packaging-with-recycle-check-qr-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=3117","title":{"rendered":"How2Recycle Adds Current and Local Recyclability To Packaging With \u2018Recycle Check\u2019 QR Code"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>You\u2019re likely familiar with the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/how2recycle.info\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How2Recycle<\/a>\u00a0label. Just stop at your local grocery store and pick up almost any food or beverage brand, and you\u2019ll\u00a0spot their labels\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thedieline.com\/how2recycle-wants-to-make-it-easier-for-brands-consumers-to-recycle-their-packaging\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">explaining<\/a>\u00a0the general recyclability of the packaging in a clear, easy-to-understand format.<\/p>\n<p>The How2Recycle program, soft-launched in 2012, now has over 800 participating members. It collects data on a national level to determine a package\u2019s recyclability and is run by the environmental non-profit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/greenblue.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GreenBlue<\/a>. The aim is to increase recycling rates through consumer education.<\/p>\n<p>Now, GreenBlue\u2019s How2Recycle program recently announced an upgrade called How2Recycle Plus. Even though the name sounds like another niche streaming platform, How2Recycle Plus adds a new feature to its familiar labels called\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/recyclecheck.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Recycle Check<\/a>, which provides consumers with a current and localized \u201cyes or no\u201d answer about a packaging\u2019s recyclability.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/thedieline.com\/how2recycle-adds-current-and-local-recyclability-to-packaging-with-recycle-check-qr-code\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You\u2019re likely familiar with the\u00a0How2Recycle\u00a0label. Just stop at your local grocery store and pick up almost any food or beverage brand, and you\u2019ll\u00a0spot their labels\u00a0explaining\u00a0the general recyclability of the packaging in a clear, easy-to-understand format. The How2Recycle program, soft-launched in 2012, now has over 800 participating members. It collects data on a national level to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[165],"tags":[1469],"class_list":["post-3117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-packaging-news","tag-how2recycle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}