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recycling

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As a noun, recycling means the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use.

Meanings of recycling

4 meanings

noun

  1. The practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use.

  2. Those materials culled for recycling.

    “He plans to haul the recycling in on Saturday.”

  3. Used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products

    “Every Monday, we put our recycling out on the curb for pick-up”

  4. The act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products

verb

Present participle of recycle

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

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