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recycle

[ree-sahy-kuhl] / riˈsaɪ kəl /


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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 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

PVC is especially challenging to recycle because it contains chlorine and can include a wide range of additives depending on how it was manufactured.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026

“This transaction allows us to efficiently recycle capital, strengthen our balance sheet and maintain financial flexibility, while advancing a strong pipeline of high-returning growth opportunities,” said Enbridge Chief Financial Officer Pat Murray.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

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

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

Factories that would normally delay payment started putting down cash upfront "because they were so eager to secure material", said Rizq Yousif, who mainly recycles PET, the plastic widely used in beverage and food packaging.

From Barron's ● Jul. 18, 2026

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

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

The firm has trimmed recycled gold to 90% of supplies, down from 96%, and hopes to use more newly mined gold in the future.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Instead, they interact with their surroundings as parts of a much larger galactic ecosystem, with material created by one generation of stars being recycled and redistributed.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

Lumbard said the plaques had already been recycled by the time authorities arrested Green.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Everything has been designed and built in-house, using recycled materials to reduce costs and environmental impact, produced using 3D printers that thump away constantly in the background.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

Until then, the farm’s nitrogen had been recycled in a natural loop.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

Their experiments showed that MDS stem cells depend strongly on the NAD salvage pathway, a recycling process that helps cells maintain their supply of NAD.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

Still, the technology could be used in the future by recycling facilities or solar companies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

The national average price of copper at recycling centers is from $3 to $4.50 per pound.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

"I tried to take it to the recycling centre in July but was told it wasn't accepted. Someone said the council would collect it, but they won't either."

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

She helped Ella make a nest out of old books and magazines they’d liberated from the library’s recycling bin.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan




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