recycle - Definition from the ENVIRONMENT AND WASTE topic - SOCIETY

Topic: ENVIRONMENT AND WASTE

recycle
verb

re‧cy‧cle

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1SGE [intransitive and transitive] to put used objects or materials through a special process so that they can be used again:

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We take all our bottles to be recycled.

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packaging made of recycled paper

2 [transitive] to use something such as an idea, writing etc again instead of developing something new:

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The fashion world just keeps recycling old ideas.

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