recyclingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌriːˈsaɪ.klɪŋ/us/ˌriːˈsaɪ.klɪŋ/B1 the process of collecting and changing old paper, glass, plastic, etc. so that it can be used again:
ways to encourage recycling
a recycling centre
B2 materials such as paper, glass, and plastic that you collect to be recycled:
We put out our recycling for pickup on Tuesdays.
Put this bottle with the recycling.
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- The local council have just set up a committee to study recycling.
- Shall I take the empty bottles for recycling?
- We take all our aluminium cans for recycling.
- What's the company's position on recycling?
- The supermarket has installed recycling bins for old newspapers, bottles and cans.
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- carbon credits
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- exhaustible
- natural resources
- particulate
- photochemical smog
- preservation
- preservationist
- recycle
- recycled
- reduce, reuse, recycle idiom
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