# recycling

Pronunciation: US say "ruh-SY-kling" /ɹəˈsaɪklɪŋ/; UK say "ree-SY-kling" /ˌɹiːˈsaɪklɪŋ/

## Noun

1. The practice of sorting and collecting waste materials so they can be processed into new products.
   - Simple: The work of sorting used materials so they can be cleaned and used again.
   - _The town's recycling has noticeably reduced the amount of landfill waste._
   - _Effective recycling depends on residents separating materials correctly before collection._
3. The materials that have been gathered together to be processed for new use.
   - Simple: Used materials that have been gathered together to be made into something new.
   - _She carried the recycling out to the curb before the truck arrived._
   - _Half the recycling was contaminated with food waste and had to be thrown out._
4. A thing produced by reusing the parts, materials, or ideas of something that already existed.
   - Simple: Something new made out of older things used again.
   - _Critics dismissed the sequel as a recycling of plots from the original trilogy._
   - _Her latest essay reads as a recycling of ideas she published years ago._

## Verb

2. Present participle and gerund of recycle. — present participle and gerund of recycle
   - Simple: Present participle of recycle. Use this -ing form for an action happening now.
   - _The factory is recycling scrap metal into new components._
   - _Recycling household plastics has become routine for many families._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/recycling (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).