1. The act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products
   "The city's recycling of plastic waste reduced landfill usage"
    
2. Used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products
   "Every Monday, we put our recycling out on the curb for pick-up"

1. Use again after processing
   "We must recycle the cardboard boxes";
   - reprocess, reuse
    
2. Cause to repeat a cycle
   "The washing machine recycled the rinse water"

Type of: apply, cycle, employ, employment, exercise, material, stuff, usage, use, utilisation [Brit], utilise [Brit], utilization, utilize

Encyclopedia: Recycling