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ree-SYKL-ing/ˌriːˈsaɪklɪŋ/

Recycling is turning old materials into new things: put it in the recycling, a recycling bin, recycling collection. Recycle is the verb. Rubbish is what you throw away; recycling is the useful waste stream. Uncountable. Do not write recyling as a misspelling, or bicycle for recycling.

Meaning

The process of turning old materials into new products.

Examples

• “Put bottles and paper in the recycling, not the bin.”
• “Glass goes in the recycling, not in the black bin.”
• “The town started weekly recycling collections.”

Good to know

in the recycling / a recycling bin (uncountable). Verb: recycle. Contrast: rubbish.

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