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recycle

[ree-sahy-kuhl] / riˈsaɪ kəl /


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"I don't recycle as much when I am out and about, I just bin it," admits Gerwyn Pugh, 56, from Barry.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

But the biggest item households recycle is paper, and we aren’t running out of trees.

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

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

I even sweep up a napkin and two spoons on the floor so the recycle area looks really good when I’m done.

From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins

Ngumoha recycles the ball to left-back Milos Kerkez.

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 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

Oklo has worked with Los Alamos National Laboratory to validate the reactor’s design, which recycles nuclear waste into energy, using surplus plutonium from the federal stockpile.

From Barron's ● May 26, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

She recycles everything, including canvases, sometimes painting over one piece to create a new one.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi

The recycled materials industry supports more than 600,000 U.S. jobs and generates $184 billion in economic activity annually.

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

Valuable materials were long recycled without government programs to make it happen.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Another said it looked as though it came from the set of RoboCop, and another said that it looked as if it had been made entirely from recycled materials.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

California, Arizona and Nevada are all looking into wastewater recycling.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Humus is the upper layer of soil rich in decomposing organic matter, where microorganisms play a major role in recycling nutrients.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Dismissing most recycling as waste sends the wrong message.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

We should absolutely ask how to make recycling more efficient and economical.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

I can hear the recycling van trundling up the street and the soft patter of rain against the window.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins


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