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recycling

[ree-sahyk-ling] / riˈsaɪk lɪŋ /


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It now has just one weekly collection thanks to increased recycling, including food waste, which was their biggest adaptation, following the introduction of the Welsh government's Workplace Recycling Law in 2024.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

The company's environmental manager Anthony Lee said it had taken a few months for staff to fully mirror their home recycling habits at the workplace, and that there had been a "significant improvement in compliance".

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

But, in an example of creative recycling, when she asked her painter if he’d like the set, he was delighted to take it away and did.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Even California’s governor has begun asking whether another recycling rule is worth the cost.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

When it was time to get ready for bed, Calista told me she’d help me take the cardboard TV to the recycling, but I said I wanted to keep it up a little longer.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

I mostly listen, relaxing after the day’s exertions, pinching myself at the wondrously weird subcultures of this underland, reflecting on the bizarre cultural recyclings that it calls out.

From The New Yorker ● May 23, 2019

I have no objection to its repeats and recyclings; long years of exposure to minimalism in music and dance have given many of us an appetite for this.

From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2016

Perhaps the heroes are too familiar: both of this month’s Marvel offerings, Spider-Man and X-Men, are recast recyclings of popular series that concluded a mere seven and eight years ago.

From Time ● May 27, 2014

These recyclings and post-modern experiments run the gamut in quality.

From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2010

Mulch was not one bit surprised that his recyclings had managed to hurl the elephantine Mud Man several yards through the air.

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer




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