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Designed by American graphic designer and architect Gary Anderson in 1970 for a competition held by the Container Corporation of America. It was chosen as the universal symbol for recycling out of 500 other entries on 22 April that year by a panel of graphic designers.[1][2]

Three arrows in a triangular configuration turning clockwise in convergence towards each other through a tilting motion—originally making the arrows form a Möbius strip, though some variants of the symbol do not observe this arrangement—to represent a continuous loop.[3]

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1. The recycling symbol: the universal symbol for recycling, filled in.
   • 2022 June 22, United Nations, Twitter‎:

     Reduce your food waste 🍝
     Recycle ♻
     Plant a tree 🌳
     
     Your everyday choices can help tackle the climate crisis!

• May be used to indicate that an item is recyclable, is made from recycled material, to indicate where recycling commences—such as appearing on a trashcan—or on its own to represent recycling.
• The design of this symbol varies; the most common difference is depicting all three arrowheads (the half-twists) as inverted so that every arrow starts as upright.
• The symbol (named "Recycling" and designated PF 066) is part of the ISO 7001 set of pictograms and symbols for "public information" by the International Organization for Standardization.[4]
• As an emoji, the display of this symbol differs slightly by operating system, but almost all display it as being green in colour.[5]

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