The recycling symbol, a triangle made of three arrows that turn in on themselves, is unquestionably iconic. Designed by Gary Anderson, a then-23-year-old architecture student at the University of Southern California in 1970, the emblem is instantly recognisable and seen in many walks of life.
The three points also lent itself to the expression ‘Reduce, reuse, recycle’ – simple to remember, and in many instances, just as easy to implement.
However, the saying has rebranded to the five R’s in many circles. When selecting equipment for your practice, you could consider the following, in order of priority, “Reduce, reuse, reprocessed, renewable, recycle”.
Reasoning the five R’s
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