recycling

Scientific  

/ rē-sī′klĭng /

1. The collection and often reprocessing of discarded materials for reuse. Recycled materials include those used in manufacturing processes and those used in consumer products. The recycled material is often degraded somewhat by use or processing and therefore must be converted to another purpose. For example, the processing of recycled newspaper and other paper wastes usually shortens their fibers, and the material cannot be used to make high-grade paper. Instead, it can be reprocessed to make cardboard or insulation. Recycling helps reduce pollution, prolong the usefulness of landfills, and conserve natural resources.

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Example Sentences

The team proposed that heavy, salt-rich ice embedded within purer ice could slowly descend through the shell, recycling surface material and delivering nutrients to the ocean.

From Science Daily

If the recycling facility in Mesa starts up in the next few months as planned, the milestone will come five years after the company that built it, Cyclic Materials, began life in Ontario.

From The Wall Street Journal

Unlike metal, paper or glass, consumer plastics are made up of thousands of different types, or polymers, making large-scale recycling economically unviable.

From Barron's

Quick hands and rapid recycling are the hallmarks of a high-tempo game that has them top of the Prem at the halfway point of the campaign.

From BBC

It said many of the fly-tipped items could have been taken to one of its recycling centres or collected from the kerbside at no extra cost.

From BBC