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recycle

[ree-sahy-kuhl] / riˈsaɪ kəl /


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That’s the measure of successful policy: Does it help America make more, recycle more and build more with aluminum?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 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

The organisation liaises with businesses and construction companies to collect, sort and recycle their wood waste, "giving materials a new lease of life wherever possible".

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 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

“We even reminded kids to be sure to recycle the paper.”

From "The Landry News" by Andrew Clements

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’s Pluto reactor, selected by the Energy Department, recycles nuclear waste and aims for commercial power by late 2027.

From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 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

Over 70% of all steel manufactured in the U.S. is produced from recycled materials.

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

Adding this much nuclear probably means the Pentagon and Energy Department work together to establish a reprocessing facility and final resting place for anything that can’t be recycled, usually only 4% of the spent fuel.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

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

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 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

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

It conflates European recycling systems with the market-based infrastructure that drives recycling in the U.S. and misses a more important question.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

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

Everyone knew that new pretties wound up recycling most of the stuff they brought over the river, anyway.

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld


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