recyclers
Trash becomes treasure
Recyclers are people or organizations that process discarded materials for reuse.
A recycler might be a municipal facility that sorts glass and plastic, a company that reclaims metals from electronics, or an individual who collects cans for deposit money.
The term extends to anyone who repurposes things: She's a recycler of old jokes.
Those who systematically acquire
- sortersThose who arrange items
- pickersThose who harvest by hand
- scavengersCreatures consuming dead matter
- salvagersThose recovering discarded valuables
reclaimers · environmentalists · volunteers · activists · curbside · haulers · processors · handlers
Capable of being molded
- paperPressed pulp for writing
- cardboardRigid paper for containers
- aluminumElement thirteen
- glassTransparent solid from sand
metal · e-waste · textiles · rubber · batteries · scrap · cans · bottles
Device destroying documents
- compactorMachine that compresses materials
- balerBundle-making farm machine
- granulatorDevice making small particles
- crusherDevice reducing solids smaller
sorter · conveyor · separator · extruder · grinder · pulverizer · screener · hammermill
Creatively reuse discarded materials
- repurposeAdapt for new use
- salvageRecovering damaged goods
- reclaimTake back possession
- refurbishRestore worn items
restore · recondition · remanufacture · rework · secondhand · thrift · convert · adapt
collectors
Those who systematically acquire
- sortersThose who arrange items
- pickersThose who harvest by hand
- scavengersCreatures consuming dead matter
salvagers · reclaimers · environmentalists · volunteers · activists · curbside · haulers · processors · handlers · buyers
plastic
Capable of being molded
glass · metal · e-waste · textiles · rubber · batteries · scrap · cans · bottles · newspapers
shredder
Device destroying documents
- compactorMachine that compresses materials
- balerBundle-making farm machine
- granulatorDevice making small particles
crusher · sorter · conveyor · separator · extruder · grinder · pulverizer · screener · hammermill · chopper
upcycle
Creatively reuse discarded materials
refurbish · restore · recondition · remanufacture · rework · secondhand · thrift · convert · adapt · transform
- recycling jobssorters, pickers, dismantlers
- eco-activistseco-warriors, eco-warrior, eco warriors, climate activists, tree hugger
- guardiansguardian angel, protector, protectors, guardians, keeper
recyclersdumpers
Those who unload materials
litterers · fly-tippers · wasters · polluters · disposers
recyclersextractors
Devices that remove things
manufacturers · disposers · producers · end-users · miners
- recycle binSorting container for reprocessing
- recycled paperFiber reprocessed into sheets
- reduce reuse recycleWaste minimization principles
- recycled plasticReprocessed synthetic material
- recycled materialsPreviously used substances reprocessed
- recycle symbolReuse indicator icon