recyclere‧cy‧cle /ˌriːˈsaɪkəl/ ●●○ verb 
We take all our bottles to be recycled. packaging made of recycled paper2[transitive] to use something such as an idea, writing etc again instead of developing something new: The fashion world just keeps recycling old ideas.
VERB TABLE
recycle
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | recycle |
| he, she, it | recycles | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | recycled |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have recycled |
| he, she, it | has recycled | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had recycled |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will recycle |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have recycled |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am recycling |
| he, she, it | is recycling | |
| you, we, they | are recycling | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was recycling |
| you, we, they | were recycling | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been recycling |
| he, she, it | has been recycling | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been recycling |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be recycling |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been recycling |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- New techniques for recycling plastics are being introduced.
- Plastic bottles can be recycled into clothing.
- A new state law says they have to figure out a way to recycle it.
- It then bought the trash recycling plant from its private owner.
- The same can not be said for the San Marcos recycling plant, which could be considered more of a liability.
- Throughout their monthlong stay, they relied or mechanical and chemical processes to recycle their air and water.
- We welcome the emphasis on recycling coastal land for appropriate coastal uses.
- We will improve recycling and waste-disposal systems.
Longman Language Activatorto use something again
to use something more than once: · The supermarket encourages shoppers to reuse plastic bags.· The bottles are designed to be reused up to 20 times.
to put bottles, newspapers, cans etc through a process so that they can be used for making new glass products, paper etc: · New techniques for recycling plastics are being introduced.
WORD SETSacid rain, nounbiohazard, nounbottle bank, nouncatalytic converter, nounclean-up, nounconservancy, nounconservation, nounconservation area, nounconservationist, nounconserve, verbcontaminant, nouncontaminate, verbeco-, prefixeco-friendly, adjectiveecological, adjectiveecologist, nounecology, nounecosystem, nouneffluent, nounenvironmental, adjectiveenvironmentalist, nounenvironmentally friendly, adjectiveglobal warming, noungreen, verbgreenhouse effect, noungreenhouse gas, noungreen revolution, nounhabitat, nounnational park, nounnoise pollution, nounozone, nounozone-friendly, adjectiveparticulates, nounpoison, verbpollute, verbradioactive waste, nounradioactivity, nounrecyclable, adjectiverecycle, verbrecycling, nounreforestation, nounsewage, nounsewage works, nounsmog, nounsulphur dioxide, nountip, nountoxic waste, nounwaste disposal, nounwaste product, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY packaging made of recycled paperCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1[intransitive, transitive] to put used objects or materials through a special process so that they can be used again: packaging made of recycled paper (=for rubbish that you can recycle)· Those plastic cartons can go in the recycling bin.
(=paper made from waste paper)· The envelopes are made from 100 percent recycled paper.
· How much of our household waste is recycled?
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· Even drawing up proposals for recycling waste materials in Britain requires ten sub-committees.· Even so, the need to recycle water and other materials is obvious.· That is true even if incineration produces energy that can be sold, or if recycling recovers sellable materials.· Often substantial energy savings are achieved by recycling waste materials.· Safrane benefits from the marking of most of its plastic parts for recycling with materials specially chosen for their suitability.· They keep their production costs low and help the environment by recycling waste material such as newspapers and household plastic bottles.· Soil bacteria and fungi live by digesting and recycling dead plant material such as leaves and seed cases.
· Demand for by-products from waste paper and cardboard recycling is exceeding supply in the West Country.· The paper includes recommendations on recycling, noise levels, aerosol use and smoking at work.
· By the year 2000, local authorities must recycle 25 percent of what we throw away.· But the government has set a target of recycling twenty-five percent of household waste by the end of the century.
· The department is now advising other customers on how to recycle their waste.· Ben Ord said the cost of attending the conference on recycling was a waste of money.· So households have no incentive to minimise or recycle the waste they create.· Nature has the capacity to recycle wastes and reconstitute them into new resources of concentrated material quality.
We take all our bottles to be recycled. packaging made of recycled paper2[transitive] to use something such as an idea, writing etc again instead of developing something new: The fashion world just keeps recycling old ideas.