The greening of Apple Inc. continues, with the appearance of a recycling symbol on the iconic white drawstring shopping bags the company hands out to buyers at its retail stores. Early versions of the popular backtype-style bag carried absolutely no markings to indicate their origin, materials or recyclability. Now the bags bear a 1/4-inch symbol near a bottom eyelet, in subtle silver ink. The symbol is the standardized–and legally required–version used in Japan to indicate the product’s material so it can be properly sorted during recycing. In this case, the notation “PE,” indicates the plastic is polyethylene.
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Are these only on the Japanese bags? [IFO -- The markings appear on bags being used in U.S. stores.]
-Brian
Why would Apple (or any other retailer) put a foreign (to the US) symbol on a bag noting it is recyclable? It is tough enough to get people to recycle, but telling consumers in Japanese that the bag is recyclable is useless. They should just put “THROW IN TRASH WHEN DONE”, because that is what most will do if they see that symbol.