aspirational recycling

noun

Setting aside materials for recycling that are not actually recycled by one's garbage collection service.

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wishful recyclingwishcycling
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Meanings

nounaspirational recycling (uncountable)
  1. uncountableSetting aside materials for recycling that are not actually recycled by one's garbage collection service.

    The harm of aspirational recycling goes beyond the added resources sorting facilities must employ to remove such contaminants.

    2018, Michelle MacKinnon, "Your ‘aspirational recycling’ is only part of Seattle’s trash problem", Capitol Hill Seattle Blog

    Synonyms: wishful recycling, wishcycling

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSetting aside materials for recycling that are not actually recycled by one's garbage collection service.

Similar
wishful recyclingwishcycling
Also see
wishcyclingwishful recycling
Cite this entry
APA

aspirational recycling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aspirational%20recycling

MLA

“aspirational recycling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aspirational%20recycling. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aspirational recycling,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aspirational%20recycling.

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