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Recycling is the use of a waste product in a process to make something else. Recycling of postconsumer plastics involves the process of collection, cleaning, ...
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# Definition of 'recycling'

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## recycling in British English

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the act of [processing](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/processing "Definition of processing") used materials into new [products](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/product "Definition of products") for further use

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(as modifier)

a recycling centre

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## recycling in Chemical Engineering

(risaɪklɪŋ)

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[Recycling](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/recycle "Definition of Recycling") is the use of a [waste](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/waste "Definition of waste") product in a process to make something else.

Recycling of postconsumer plastics involves the process of collection, cleaning, separation, and then processing them into various products.

Recycling of used lubricating oil is a term covering the processing of such oils to produce usable petroleum.

Recycling is the use of a waste product in a process to make something else.

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## Examples of 'recycling' in a sentence   recycling

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Recycling is one way of [preserving](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/preserve "Definition of preserving") the Earth.
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Recycling [plastic](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/plastic "Definition of plastic") [consumes](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/consume "Definition of consumes") at least 50 per [cent](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/cent "Definition of cent") less [oil](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/oil "Definition of oil") than making plastic from [scratch](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/scratch "Definition of scratch").
Times, Sunday Times (2008)

## COBUILD Collocations   recycling   [What's a collocation?](https://blog.collinsdictionary.com/the-history-of-cobuild\#collocations "What's a collocation?")

[household recycling](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/household-recycling "Definition of household recycling")

[metal recycling](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/metal-recycling "Definition of metal recycling")

[recycling bin](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/recycling-bin "Definition of recycling bin")

[recycling center](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/recycling-center "Definition of recycling center")

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## In other languages   recycling

British English: [recycling](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/recycling)
/riːˈsaɪklɪŋ/  NOUN

_Recycling_ is the means by which things that have already been used, such as bottles or sheets of paper, are made ready to be used again.

...a scheme for recycling.

- American English: recycling
/riˈsaɪklɪŋ/
- Arabic: إعَادَةُ اِسْتِخْدام
- Brazilian Portuguese: reciclagem
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- Croatian: reciklaža
- Czech: recyklace
- Danish: genbrug
- Dutch: recycling
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- Finnish: kierrätys
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- Romanian: reciclare
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- [recycled product](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/recycled-product "Definition of recycled product, nearby word of recycling")
- [recycler](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/recycler "Definition of recycler, nearby word of recycling")
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- [recycling center](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/recycling-center "Definition of recycling center, nearby word of recycling")
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## Related terms of   recycling

- [recycle](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/recycle "Definition of recycle, related term of recycling")
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- [metal recycling](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/metal-recycling "Definition of metal recycling, related term of recycling")
- [paper recycling](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/paper-recycling "Definition of paper recycling, related term of recycling")
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