Peterman Plumbing & Heating, Inc. has recycled copper for a long time and we have a dedicated scrap man who recycles all of our old water heaters, air conditioners and furnaces. We decided it was time to do more and have a waste assessment from our local recycling office. They set us up to recycle paper, including old phone books and literature, cardboard, glass, plastic and aluminum. We were astonished at how much waste we generated in one month and encourage everyone to contact the recycle office to see what program is available in your neighborhood.

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The recycling symbol you see today with three arrows in the triangle shape was designed in 1970 as part of a contest sponsored by the Container Corporation of America (CCA) (now Jefferson Smurfit Corporation). As a special event for the original Earth Day in 1970 (started by John Mc Connell), CCA conducted a contest for graphic art students to design a symbol representing paper recycling. The winning entry was submitted by Gary Dean Anderson, a 5-year architecture student at the University of Southern California at Los Angels. Later that year, William Lloyd, modified the contest winning recycling symbol to create the present-day image.