recycle
Make trash useful
Recycle means to process used materials into new products rather than discarding them: Please recycle your bottles and cans.
The word extends to reusing anything in a new form: She recycled her dissertation into a series of articles.
Politicians recycle old talking points; comedians recycle jokes.
The environmental sense, promoting sustainability, now dominates.
Capable of being molded
Arranging into sequence
- collectionGathered set of items
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- shreddingCutting into thin pieces
- balingCompressing into tied bundles
crushing · melting · pulping · reprocessing · separation · contamination · single-stream · curbside
Adapt for new use
- secondhandHaving had prior ownership
- thriftCareful use of resources
- salvageRecovering damaged goods
- refurbishRestore worn items
reclaim · recondition · remanufacture · revamp · recover · swap · donate · resell
Capacity to endure indefinitely
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- emissionsSubstances released into air
- resourcesAvailable assets or supplies
- deforestationLarge-scale woodland elimination
climate · zero-waste · reduce · eco-friendly · green · renewable · stewardship · environmentalism
Waste burial ground
- garbageDiscarded waste material
- trashDiscarded worthless material
- rubbishWaste or nonsense
- refuseReject or garbage
litter · debris · dump · disposal · incineration · contamination · pollution · junkyard
Company identifying symbol
- labelIdentifying attachment or marker
- numbersCounting and calculation symbols
- trianglesThree-sided plane figures
- identificationEstablishing who someone is
certification · marking · PS · signage
plastic
Capable of being molded
cardboard · metal · steel · tin · PET · HDPE · e-waste · bottles · cans · newspapers
sorting
Arranging into sequence
- collectionGathered set of items
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- shreddingCutting into thin pieces
baling · crushing · melting · pulping · reprocessing · separation · contamination · single-stream · curbside · pickup
repurpose
Adapt for new use
- secondhandHaving had prior ownership
- thriftCareful use of resources
- salvageRecovering damaged goods
refurbish · reclaim · recondition · remanufacture · revamp · recover · swap · donate · resell · freecycle
sustainability
Capacity to endure indefinitely
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- emissionsSubstances released into air
- resourcesAvailable assets or supplies
deforestation · climate · zero-waste · reduce · eco-friendly · green · renewable · stewardship · environmentalism · preservation
landfill
Waste burial ground
refuse · litter · debris · dump · disposal · incineration · contamination · pollution · junkyard · diversion
logo
Company identifying symbol
- labelIdentifying attachment or marker
- numbersCounting and calculation symbols
- trianglesThree-sided plane figures
identification · certification · marking · PS · signage
- eco-friendlysustainable, fair trade, green, biodegradable, compostable
- recyclingMRF, single-stream, curbside, curbside pickup, blue bin
- Greeneco-friendly, sustainable, renewable, compost, organic
- re- wordsredo, repeat, replay, restart, retry
- sustainabilityreduce, reuse, sustainable yield, waste management, carbon footprint
- process verbscreate, produce, make, build, construct
- recycle binSorting container for reprocessing
- recycling binVessel for reprocessable materials
- recycling symbolMark indicating reprocessability
- recycling systemsInfrastructure for material recovery
- recycled paperFiber reprocessed into sheets
- recycling centersFacilities processing discarded materials
recycling, recycled, recycles, recyclable, recycler, recyclers, recyclables, unrecycled, recycling bin