Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/International Universal Recycling Codes


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   Move to Recycling codes. NativeForeigner Talk/Contribs 03:01, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

International Universal Recycling Codes

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This article appears to be almost entirely original research. There are no international recycling standards; some areas, such as the European Union, have standards that apply to all their member countries, but there are no "universal" standards. This article seems to be synthesized from the SPI resin identification coding system and some existing European standards that give identification numbers to certain materials (see article talk page). — Hex    (❝  ?!  ❞)   00:07, 8 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Weak keep I don't think it's original research, but rather a case of someone not having enough sense to explain where they got the information. Mandsford 13:36, 8 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I spent some time trying to identify the source of the information, without much success. I really think it would have been easier if the information was genuine. That said, we'll see what happens after old references are found (see below). — Hex    (❝  ?!  ❞)   01:19, 11 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Keep With the intention of contacting an admin with access to deleted entries so I can pull the various references from the old entry. Lostinlodos (talk) 16:02, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
 * I am an admin, what do you need? — Hex    (❝  ?!  ❞)   01:17, 11 July 2010 (UTC)

 Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:24, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
 * The original Page which I helped create titled (I believe) Universal Recycling Codes, had a list of references in it. It was expanded from the page Recycling codes, and then that came from something else as well. Any Chance of digging up those old files to grab a listing of reference links?Lostinlodos (talk) 03:29, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so consensus may be reached.


 * There's no need for old references. Following the interwiki links right there in the current article leads one to de:Recycling-Code, where you'll find it stated outright in the article that the plastics codes are in accord with the Society of the Plastics Industry, and stated on the talk page that the overall list comes from EN ISO 1043.  You'll find, Earle Martin, that the content of resin identification code is somewhat parochial.  European recycling codes are somewhat different to U.S. ones, and the article that you're looking at only covers the U.S. ones.  China, Korea, and Japan have their own, further, different, systems of recycling symbols and codes.  You can find out about the lot in documents such as this one.  You can find out about the Japanese codes from looking at the Italian, Chinese, Russian, and Japanese Wikipedias' articles. Also note that these are, indeed recycling codes, not solely resin codes.  As you can see from the list, materials such as cork, glass, and paper are included in the relevant European, Japanese, and other standards.  This article is, in fact, just a beginning of a treatment of this subject.  The English Wikipedia has given it a somewhat parochial treatment thus far (more parochial than, as noted, in other language Wikipedias).  This is a good step along the road to rectifying that, and globalizing our treatment of the subject.  (The article is also better named in the German, Czech, and Danish Wikipedias, to boot.) Oh, and the "ISO" in EN ISO 1043 means that it's an international standard, by the way.  Uncle G (talk) 01:10, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Well gee whiz, Uncle G, I'm sorry that I don't speak German. If only listing the article here could have shed more light on the situation, oh wait, it has. [rolls eyes] Yes, there's a list of plastic codes. So that much of the article is correct. But what of the rest? The talk page for that German article does not actually say that "the overall list comes from EN ISO 1043". What it says is that ISO 1043 doesn't mention the triangular recycling symbols, just the letter codes. And ISO 1043, that's the international standard, covers plastics, not glass or metal. So what I can extract from your rather patronizing comment above is that we should have a globalized plastics codes identification article. That's all well and good. However, it still doesn't demonstrate that most of the content of this article is anything but wishful thinking. — Hex    (❝  ?!  ❞)   12:05, 16 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Move to a new and more appropriate title, perhaps simply "Recycling codes". I have seen no coverage of an International code. I think the title could in fact be original research With a less contentious title it could be a good list article.  My 76 Strat  01:13, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Rename to "Recycling codes". No really what WP was intended for ("not a directory"?), but still an important and useful topic. A little of the history of the codes could be added, if sources are found for that. Borock (talk) 13:46, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
 * Rename per Borock. Tyrol5  [Talk]  16:25, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.