recycling

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Related topics: Environment & waste

re·cy·cling /riːˈsaɪklɪŋ/ ●●○ noun  1  [uncountable]SGE the process of treating used objects or materials so that they can be used again 回收利用 Recycling is important to help protect our environment. 回收利用对保护环境很重要。 →4  See picture on 见图 Page A7 Environmental solutions 环保方法 →5 see picture at 见图 bin12  [singular] American English informal things that are to be recycled 要回收利用的物品 Don’t forget to take out the recycling. 别忘了把要回收利用的东西拿出来。 →4  See picture of 见图 BIN 1

Examples from the Corpus

recycling• They are of great importance not only as food for birds and mammals, but also in pollination and recycling of nutrients.• These included waste reduction, paper and cardboard recycling and improving energy efficiency.• School students collected tons of drinks cans and bottles for recycling.• After a short while, taking paper, glass and metals for recycling becomes a habit.• The truth is that obligatory recycling protects markets as well as the environment.• But it is still generally cheaper than the alternatives of incinerating or recycling.• the city's recycling program• The recycling program involves every household in the neighborhood.• The recycling of polystyrene, for instance, requires temperatures above 200C and the materials are extensively filtered during the procedure.• Such a move, it is suggested, would encourage water recycling.

re·cy·cling nounChineseSyllable  

process or of Corpus treating the used objects

recycling
re‧cy‧cling /riːˈsaɪklɪŋ/ noun
1. [uncountable] the process of treating used objects or materials so that they can be used again:
    Recycling is important to help protect our environment.
2. [singular] American English informal things that are to be recycled:
    Don’t forget to take out the recycling.