How to Use unrecyclable in a Sentence

unrecyclable

adjective

• They can’t be washed like EPS, and any food contamination makes them unrecyclable.
  — Camille Harmer, Fortune, 12 July 2018
• The risk is that devices like old iPads could become unrecyclable, at least in economic terms, for scrap companies that aren't getting paid some other way.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 12 Sep. 2018
• Executives admit the new cup isn’t perfect — it’s still lined with plastic, rendering it unrecyclable by most standards — and the lid is still plastic as well.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Nov. 2019
• Since then, Southeast Asia has seen a huge spike in waste shipments — much of it contaminated plastic that is unrecyclable — from developed countries.
  — Hillary Leung, Time, 25 July 2019
• Housed in a plastic bottle—often fully or partly unrecyclable.
  — National Geographic, 18 Apr. 2019
• While recycling cotton-poly blends would take a big bite out of the apparel industry’s overall waste problem, the materials in more technical apparel are, as of yet, unrecyclable.
  — Laura Onstot, Outside Online, 6 Apr. 2021
• The change did also nudge many US cities to improve their recycling infrastructure to accept previously unrecyclable goods, like pizza boxes, but San Francisco leads the way.
  — Nathan Mattise, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2021
• Many toothbrushes are unrecyclable because the composite plastics most are now made of are difficult, if not impossible, to break apart efficiently.
  — National Geographic, 14 June 2019
• Unfortunately, that means more unrecyclable refuse getting thrown in the recycling bin: items such as bubble wrap, cellophane, Christmas lights, ribbons, clothing, foam and electronics.
  — Brian Chasnoff, ExpressNews.com, 29 Nov. 2019
• The company’s mission is recycling the previously unrecyclable, such as cigarette butts, contact lenses and chewing gum.
  — Laura Daily, Washington Post, 25 June 2019
• The ocean protection agency suggested that California move this year to prohibit the sale and distribution of cigarette filters, electronic cigarettes, plastic cigar tips, and unrecyclable tobacco product packaging.
  — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2022
• Officials said a contributing factor is people mistakenly trying to recycle plastic bags and not rinsing their plastics, glass and metal — leading to contamination that makes materials unrecyclable and increases costs for local governments.
  — David Eggert, Detroit Free Press, 23 Apr. 2019
• That includes improving waste collection and recycling, redesigning products to eliminate packaging made from unrecyclable plastics, expanding refillables, and in some cases substituting other materials.
  — Laura Parker, National Geographic, 6 Oct. 2020
• Single stream is convenient and may encourage broader participation, but contamination can render materials unrecyclable.
  — Nara Schoenberg, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024