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recycle

[ree-sahy-kuhl] / riˈsaɪ kəl /


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For decades, rich countries collected low-value plastic and shipped more than a quarter of it to China and other poorer countries that promised to recycle it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

But he left an indelible mark on the environment, authoring legislation offering incentives to recycle, limiting advertisers’ inflated claims about products’ environmental benefits and combating water and air pollution.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

As described by Channel 4, the two groups are "surrounded by the remnants of modern life" and they must "recycle, reuse and reinvent anything of use to improve their lives".

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

As some machines demonstrated their ability to clean or recycle objects, others showed they could deliver parcels during a live demonstration in Brussels.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

“It’s trash and recycle day, so Junie, you get to handle that tonight.”

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

The latest “Scary Movie,” which simply recycles the title “Scary Movie,” is as lazy, dumb and offensive as the others.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026

The site recovers and recycles silver collected from a nearby site, Sigman said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

She also recommended French producer Constellium, which recycles aluminum scrap, among other business lines.

From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026

Mark Casto, 67, from Ditchingham, Norfolk - known as Dalek man - recycles everything from Christmas baubles to dustbin lids to create the life-size villains.

From BBC ● May 30, 2025

He worked in the barbershop for a while, then got a job working for Free Venture, an environmentally certified nonprofit that refurbishes and recycles e-waste on-site.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater

Producing aluminum from recycled material, for example, can require up to 95% less energy to produce than primary aluminum.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

And not everything can or should be recycled.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Not every material can or should be recycled in the same way.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Natalie James, 47, said she recycled "probably about the same" at work and at home.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

I got a notebook, handmade paper, and pencils made from recycled scraps.

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman

The goal should be to recover materials where it makes sense, strengthen the markets that give them value and make recycling work better for consumers and American manufacturers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

One promising approach to recycling carbon dioxide is hydrogenation, which uses a catalyst to help CO2 react with hydrogen and form chemicals such as methanol.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026

Access to recycling programs varies, and what is recyclable in one state can be different in another state.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Mr. Lomborg is correct that recycling must make economic and environmental sense.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

I walk the cafeteria perimeter to my table from last year, in the corner near the trash and recycling bins.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari


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