The Recycling Symbol…What’s That All About?

We recently received an interesting question from a high school student who contacted us after viewing our web site. She was doing a project on recycling and was curious about the recycling symbol in our logo and whether or not she could freely use the symbol in her project.

Recycling Symbol Designer Gary Anderson 1970

The original recycling symbol was designed in 1970 by Gary Anderson at the University of Southern California. He was just 23 years old at the time and his design was submitted to the International Design Conference as part of a nationwide contest sponsored by the Container Corporation of America (later part of Smurfit-Stone Container).