recycling
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1.8
- noun
- /rɪˈsaɪklɪŋ/
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material reciclable
- For example, the EPA was concerned with the recycling of lead-acid batteries.
- a recycling bin
- paper recycling
- a recycling center
He knows I deal with the trash, so why was he so stupid to just put them in recycling?
- He knows I deal with the trash, so why was he so stupid to just put them in recycling?
- I'm going to toss it in the recycling bin.
Examples
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Make sure to separate your plastic and paper in the recycling bin.
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Their shorts are made from recycled bottles.
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Well, there should be a recycling bin there.
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Put the recycling and the garbage out before you come in the house.
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Hugh, what is this doing in the recycling bin?
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It's made from recycled materials, handmade.
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They're in the recycling bin!
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And I started researching recycled materials about a decade ago.
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Baby shoelaces made from recycled plastic bottles.
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We loaded up the wagon with the cans from the recycling bin and walked them over to the nearby park.
Fiction book (1994)
Compounds
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2.7
A place where old paper, glass, and plastic are cleaned and made ready to be used again
How New
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Recycling comes from the parts re- 'again' and cycle 'circle' or 'wheel', the same cycle you see in bicycle. So think of recycling as giving materials another 'turn' through the production circle so they can be used again.