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recycle

[ree-sahy-kuhl] / riˈsaɪ kəl /


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Management had a short-lived operation outside of Houston called Natura designed to recycle plastic film that can’t be handled in a typical recycling facility.

From Barron's Jun. 17, 2026

By breaking down dead plant material, they help recycle nutrients and support healthy ecosystems.

From Science Daily Jun. 14, 2026

By the 2030s, however, the company hopes to separate some of its rare earths in Brazil and recycle magnet waste generated during manufacturing.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

Those sponsored leaflets and postcard mailers that end up as makeshift coasters, mosquito swatters or unread refuse that goes straight from the mailbox into the blue recycle bin.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 1, 2026

“It’s trash and recycle day, so Junie, you get to handle that tonight.”

From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh

The latest “Scary Movie,” which simply recycles the title “Scary Movie,” is as lazy, dumb and offensive as the others.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 5, 2026

Oklo has worked with Los Alamos National Laboratory to validate the reactor’s design, which recycles nuclear waste into energy, using surplus plutonium from the federal stockpile.

From Barron's May 26, 2026

The site recovers and recycles silver collected from a nearby site, Sigman said.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 22, 2026

With support from the Welsh government, it recycles 60 million nappies in Wales annually.

From BBC Mar. 12, 2026

He worked in the barbershop for a while, then got a job working for Free Venture, an environmentally certified nonprofit that refurbishes and recycles e-waste on-site.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater

“I like to think I recycled those images from negative to positive.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 27, 2026

However, TerraCycle, which involves consumers collecting packaging and sending it to be recycled, only runs the BuzzBallz scheme in the United States.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Profit in the recent quarter was dented by a $16 million non-cash asset impairment charge related to the company’s decision to relocate its planned second satellite aluminum recycled slab center to Columbus, Miss. from Arizona.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 20, 2026

Geological evidence from impacts more than 650 million years old is scarce because Earth's surface is constantly being altered and recycled.

From Science Daily Jul. 18, 2026

It says “100% recycled materials” in a circle, around an image of a tree.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King

Their efforts to innovate are partly a bid to satisfy ever tightening regulation around commercial recycling, and rising fines for those who fall foul.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Autophagy is a natural recycling process that allows cells to remove damaged material and maintain normal function.

From Science Daily Jul. 21, 2026

At the heart of the boom is the sprawling eastern Cairo settlement of Manshiyet Nasser, where generations of garbage collectors have built one of the world's most sophisticated informal recycling systems.

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

Their mostly anonymous work personalized mass-produced material by decorating dog tags and coins, and recycling debris such as discarded shell and bullet cases.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

After Napoleon’s defeat the papacy reclaimed the files, but many disappeared on the return journey, probably sold for recycling to cover expenses.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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