recycle
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Efforts to recycle rare earths or develop batteries that need fewer exotic components are still in their infancy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Management had a short-lived operation outside of Houston called Natura designed to recycle plastic film that can’t be handled in a typical recycling facility.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
According to Marek, millipedes were among the early pioneers of life on land, helping recycle nutrients by feeding on decaying organic material in some of the first terrestrial ecosystems.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 14, 2026
Those sponsored leaflets and postcard mailers that end up as makeshift coasters, mosquito swatters or unread refuse that goes straight from the mailbox into the blue recycle bin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026
Saturday morning, first thing, I pack my backpack with water and granola bars and drag my two garbage bags of cans to the supermarket to recycle them in the machines.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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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
Others could be linked to heat driven convection within the mantle as it recycles subducted slabs of Earth's crust.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 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
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It has fewer imperfections than the recycled steel made elsewhere in the country.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Materials, like symbols, are recycled across sculptures and tableaux in an inexhaustible loop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026
It carries serotonin into the cell so the chemical can be reabsorbed and recycled.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
As play is recycled, Anderson drops deeper rather than staying on the player he was initially marking.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
Once the prayers have been printed out and said, the paper rolls back through another slot and is recycled into fresh paper again.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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Their mostly anonymous work personalized mass-produced material by decorating dog tags and coins, and recycling debris such as discarded shell and bullet cases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Liberal Democrat cabinet member for environmental services, Chris Wiggin, said the event was "diverting textiles from waste by prioritising reuse and recycling instead of being discarded as waste".
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
The foundation believes that alternative and complementary solutions should be taken into account -- like recycling water, collecting rain water and "better management of tourist demand".
From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026
“I’m kinda into recycling, so I didn’t even buy materials for it. It was supposed to just give a laugh, maybe last a day,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
Then Gran would’ve taken Teddy over to the giant recycling bins in town and let him swim around for magazines.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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