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n. - The act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products.

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Usage examples (36)
  • Verb (used with object) : recycling paper to save trees. ,The old factory is being recycled as a theater. ,The governor recycled some speeches from his...
  • Verb (used without object) : The industry will recycle and become profitable once more
  • Lets not use the term recycling, but that is pretty much what IWC is doing right here.
  • All this recycling is a very good thing indeed, because lead poisoning is nasty:
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