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recycling

recycling

5 3.1
Reusing digital content like articles or videos in new formats
  • noun
  • /rɪˈsaɪklɪŋ/
  • Texting
translation icon : reutilización
  • If one thinks that an understanding of scrap metal recycling is not important, consider the following:

On this episode we talk about bookstore marketing, hashtags and recycling content.

Examples

  • But maybe that'll come up again, in which case, Danny, stop recycling content.

  • Two versions of the paper recycling education program were used.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Well, I believe in recycling.

  • On this episode we talk about bookstore marketing, hashtags and recycling content.

  • Great because Nautilus-x represents several innovative ideas: recycling old space modules for new, more challenging missions.

    Academic text (2012)
  • Others oppose incineration because they believe it will hamper recycling efforts.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Schimel is a master at recycling old short stories, often republishing them several times in magazines and anthologies.

    Academic text (2008)
  • In June, a writer named Jonah Lehrer got busted for recycling material on a blog at The New Yorker.

    Blog text (14)
  • Her old-fashioned frugality, born from the necessities of her youth, is newly refound in countrywide recycling programs born from environmental necessity.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Many companies are focusing on recycling digital content to reach new audiences and increase engagement.

Synonyms

republishing
vsrecycling
1 3.9

Making a book or article available to readers again

involves adapting content for different formats or audiences rather than reissuing it
reutilization
vsrecycling
  • US
5.0

Using something again for the same or a new purpose

focuses on adapting digital material for new formats or audiences

Compounds

11 1.6

A container for paper, plastic, or glass that will be recycled

A place where old paper, glass, and plastic are cleaned and made ready to be used again

Surface Forms

recycling singular
recyclings plural

Morphology

recycling = recycle (semi-transparent) = re + cycle + ing

This is a regular process noun formed from the verb 'recycle' with the suffix '-ing'.

Etymology

Recycling has re- 'again' and cycle 'circle' or 'wheel', a useful picture like a wheel turning again. A helpful way to remember digital recycling is to see it as giving old posts or videos another 'turn' in a new form so they reach new people.