Meanings
nounrecycling (countable and uncountable, plural recyclings)
plural recyclings
- countableuncountableThe practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use.
- uncountableThose materials culled for recycling.
He plans to haul the recycling in on Saturday.
- countablefigurativelyuncountableusuallySomething made by recycling something else.
Eddie Holman is still best remembered for his soulful, falsettoed/sex-changed recycling of Ruby & The Romantics' big-time smoothie from 1963, "Hey There Lonely Boy."
1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 250
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of recycle
Translations
Arabic إِعَادَةْ تَدْوِير
- إِعَادَةْ تَدْوِير (ʔiʕādat tadwīr)the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
Bulgarian рецикли́ране
- рецикли́ране (reciklírane)the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
Catalan reciclatge
- reciclatgethe practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
Chinese Mandarin 回收, 資源回收再利用 /资源回收再利用
- 回收 (huíshōu)the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
- 資源回收再利用 /资源回收再利用 (zīyuán huíshōu zài lìyòng)the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
- 循環再造 /循环再造 (xúnhuán zàizào)the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
Czech recyklace
- recyklacethe practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
Danish genbrug, genanvendelse
- genbrugthe practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
- genanvendelsethe practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
Dutch recyclage, recycling
- recyclagethe practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
- recyclingthe practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
Estonian jäätmekäitlus
- jäätmekäitlusthe practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
Finnish kierrätys, kierrättäminen
- kierrätysthe practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
- kierrättäminenthe practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
French recyclage
- recyclagethe practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
German Recycling, Wiederverwertung
- Recyclingthe practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
- Wiederverwertungthe practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
Greek ανακύκλωση
- ανακύκλωση (anakýklosi)the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
Hindi पुनर्चक्रण
- पुनर्चक्रण (punarcakraṇ)the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
Hungarian újrahasznosítás
- újrahasznosításthe practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
Icelandic endurnýting
- endurnýtingthe practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
Irish athchúrsáil
- athchúrsáilthe practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
Italian riciclaggio dei rifiuti
- riciclaggio dei rifiutithe practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
Japanese リサイクル, 再使用
- リサイクル (risaikuru)the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
- 再使用 (saishiyō)the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
- リユース (riyūsu)the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
- 再利用 (sairiyō)the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
Korean 재활용
- 재활용 (jaehwaryong)the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
Norwegian Bokmål gjenbruk, resirkulering
- gjenbrukthe practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
- resirkuleringthe practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
Persian بازیافت
- بازیافت (bâzyâft)the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
Polish recykling, recyklizacja
- recyklingthe practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
- recyklizacjathe practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
Portuguese reciclagem
- reciclagemthe practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
Romanian reciclare
- reciclarethe practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
Russian перерабо́тка отхо́дов, втори́чная перерабо́тка
- перерабо́тка отхо́дов (pererabótka otxódov)the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
- втори́чная перерабо́тка (vtoríčnaja pererabótka)the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
- реци́клинг (recíkling)the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
- рецикли́рование (reciklírovanije)the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
- утилиза́ция отхо́дов (utilizácija otxódov)the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
- риса́йклинг (risájkling)the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
Scottish Gaelic ath-chuairteachadh
- ath-chuairteachadhthe practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
Spanish reciclaje
- reciclajethe practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
Swedish återvinning, återanvändning
- återvinningthe practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
- återanvändningthe practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
Tamil மறுசுழற்சி
- மறுசுழற்சி (maṟucuḻaṟci)the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
Turkish geri dönüşüm
- geri dönüşümthe practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
Cite this entry
APA
recycling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recycling
MLA
“recycling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recycling. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recycling,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recycling.
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