recyclable
Americanadjective
Explanation
Don’t chuck anything recyclable because it can be used again. Glass bottles and paper are recyclable. Styrofoam and unicorns are not. Recycling happens when things like old paper, plastic food containers, and metal cans are turned into something new. Recyclable paper, for example, might find a new life as a cardboard box, and recyclable soda bottles might be transformed into plastic benches and tables. Not everything is recyclable, and people who care about reducing consumption and pollution will often make sure they're buying food and other goods in recyclable containers.
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In 1988, he started selling the iconic blue crab found in the waters of Venezuela’s giant Lake Maracaibo before expanding into shrimp farming and later into supermarkets and processing recyclable materials.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Access to recycling programs varies, and what is recyclable in one state can be different in another state.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
This produced solid, recyclable photocatalysts that could continuously synthesize H2O2 under natural sunlight while maintaining stable performance.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
He explains that there's a lot that can go wrong when trying to marry recyclable paper packaging with a compatible sealant.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
Some of the lines are silly—about how he hogged the pepperoni pizza at our birthday party, put an obviously recyclable cup in the trash, and often leaves his shoelaces untied.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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