Questão 46 - UNITINS Prova 1 2024/2

Trash or Recycling? Why Plastic Keeps Us Guessing.
Did you know the  symbol doesn’t mean something is actually recyclable? 
Play our trashy garbage-sorting game. Then, read on about how we got 
here, and what can be done.

 

Drag each item where you think it belongs

By Winston Choi-Schagrin and Hiroko Tabuchi 
Illustrations by Rinee Shah April 21, 2022

 

The universal symbol for re-use, known as the “chasing arrows” logo, is stamped on so many things. But that doesn’t mean they could be re-used.

 

Manufacturers can print the logo on just about any product. That’s because its main purpose isn’t to say whether it’s recyclable, but to identify the type of plastic it’s made from. (For example, if there’s a “3” in the center, it’s PVC, which most curbside recycling programs don’t accept.) The logo is so widely misunderstood that last year California banned its use on things that aren’t recyclable.

 

There are efforts to improve the system.

Disponível em: www.nytimes.com/interactive/. Acesso em: 22 abr. 2024.

 

Segundo o texto do New York Time, a frase chansig arrows é bastante usada em rótulos de diversas coisas. Mesmo assim, nem todos produtos podem ser considerados