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Certification schemes, eco-labels and disposal marks. What holds the group together is that most of these marks assert less than they are read as asserting, and that several were deliberately redesigned because of it: ASTM removed the chasing arrows from the resin codes in 2013 precisely because they implied a recyclability the code never claimed. The Green Dot means a fee was paid. FSC Mix permits screened but uncertified material. Tidyman is an anti-litter courtesy mark with no environmental content whatever. Each record states what the scheme owner says the mark means and, where the popular reading differs, says so.
A plain triangle of three straight lines, without arrowheads.
A rounded badge with the words OK compost HOME.
A tick-tree device beside the words FSC 100%.
The tick-tree device beside the words FSC Mix.
A chemical symbol printed under a crossed-out bin.
A figure with three arrows curving around it.
A capital B in a circle above the word Certified.