recycle

recycle
recycle re‧cy‧cle [ˌriːˈsaɪkl] verb [intransitive, transitive]
to put used objects or materials through a special process, so that they can be used again:

• We recycle all our cans and bottles.

• Environmentalists have attacked the material because it doesn't recycle as well as steel.

— recyclable adjective :

• recyclable materials

— recycled adjective :

• recycled paper

— recycling noun [uncountable] :

• a metals recycling plant

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recycle UK US /ˌriːˈsaɪkl/ verb [I or T]
► ENVIRONMENT to use a special industrial process in order to make materials and products ready to be used again: »

Remember to reduce, reuse, or recycle.

 be recycled »

Equipment that is too old to repair is recycled.

 recycle goods/material/waste »

Waste is separated into four different bins in order to recycle it.

 recycle sth into sth »

Plastic bottles can be recycled into a myriad other products.

→ Compare RECLAIM(Cf. ↑reclaim), REPURPOSE(Cf. ↑repurpose)
► to use money for a different purpose from the one it was originally intended for: recycle sth into sth »

The original capital of $500,000 has been recycled into loans totaling $22 million.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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