U.S. "Chasing arrows" plastic recycling symbol may get tossed in the trash

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1. It implies it is recycled

The symbol suggests that the particular plastic is recycled. In reality it just identifies what class of plastics the object is made. As the article suggest, the vast majority of plastics are not recycled in any meaningful way. Much of it is "repurposed" which is to say it's made into clothing or artificial turf or something.