A Federal Judge Just Turned the Recycling Symbol Into a Fight Over Free Speech

A federal judge has paused California's attempt to restrict use of the recycling symbol to products that are genuinely recyclable. The state was targeting what it saw as misleading environmental marketing claims, but the judge's ruling has opened up a new First Amendment battle over whether such restrictions can legally stand, per io9.

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