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Recycling and packaging labels
There are symbols which show you that an item is made from recycled material or that it can be recycled when you have finished with it. Buying recycled products, and recycling your waste helps to save resources and energy.
Recycling symbol
This symbol, called the Mobius Loop, simply means that a product or part of it can be recycled where facilities are available.
The inclusion of a number shows the percentage of recycled material that has been used to make the product.
The Green Dot
The Green Dot is a registered trademark.
It means that a financial contribution has been paid to an authorised packaging recovery scheme. The UK is not a participating Green Dot system country, but you will see it on products that are sold in participating countries (and that may have been imported to the UK).
Many products can be recycled after use. To find out how, and what a difference recycling makes visit RecycleNow and look for its logo to find out where to recycle.
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