recyclableadj.n.

1963 Michigan Technic Jan. 44/1 If an outside source of energy such as thermal, photochemical, nuclear or photovoltaic is used to dissociate the products of the fuel cell reaction into the original constituents, the fuel cell becomes continuously recyclable, i.e., regenerative.

1969 Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Mass.) 31 May 19/6 Liquid wastes, relatively free of solids, move from the aeration tanks to the recyclable scum trough where remaining surface material is skimmed off.

1971 New Yorker 4 Dec. 177 Publishers might do well to encase their pages and bindings in some sort of ersatz (but recyclable) horn.

1972 Guardian 30 Oct. 12/1 The shape of cars to come—a disposable commuter car which would be ‘recycleable’ after perhaps two years.

1976 Nature 6 May 66/2 Evidence suggests that net water flow from the rectal lumen to haemolymph results from increases in intercellular space osmotic pressure due to the transport across lateral cell membranes of recyclable intracellular solutes.

1995 Computing 6 Apr. 11/1 NEC is developing a range of ‘green’ PCs made of recyclable units which can be swapped out when users want to upgrade.

1970 Star-News (Pasadena, Calif.) 28 July 10/4 (headline) Sort out recyclables.

1990 Union Leader (Manchester, New Hampsh.) (Nexis) 30 Mar. a36 Participants will not be required to separate each recyclable into a different container.

1993 Time Out 31 Mar. 25/4 All the refuse will then be picked up at the same time and the recyclables will be taken to a recycling plant.

2002 Materials Recycling Week 13 Sept. 5/1 Bexley Council is now expanding its kerbside recycling scheme to include other dry recyclables.

1970 Valley News (Van Nuys, Calif.) 15 Oct. 48/1 Anderson's entry in contest to select a symbol representing recyclability of paper and paperboard packaging will be used to increase public awareness of benefits recycling can provide.

1973 Sci. Amer. July 1 In terms of its attributes, its utility and recyclability, glass is a natural.

1992 Independent 1 Feb. (Mag.) 27 (advt.) Perhaps the most important contribution the new Audi 80 makes to the environment is through its recyclability.