as in recovered
to obtain (a raw material) by separating it from a by-product or waste product
recycling the aluminum from soda pop cans is environmentally sound
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Recent Examples of recycled
This bill was signed into law in 2022 to reduce the impact of these types of single-use plastics by requiring that, by 2032, the use of these materials are cut by 25%, that 65% are recycled, and 100% of these single-use items are recyclable or compostable.
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Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2026
Let’s move toward a circular economy in all possible ways; even a very special raw material like this can be recycled into something new of high quality.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 28 May 2026
To manufacture the hull, the engineering team utilized recycled polymer waste at the company’s Henderson facility.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 27 May 2026
Cole seems to have recycled that abuse.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Only 25% of this e-waste is recycled.
—Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy, Fortune, 25 May 2026
Only between 30%-40% of Hong Kong’s waste is recycled, according to official figures, compared to more than half in Taiwan and South Korea.
—Catherine Phillips, CNN Money, 24 May 2026
Later, Throw shared his results in a PowerPoint presentation to the Porter Town Council, noting that 26% of the items could have been recycled.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2026
Only 25% of this e-waste is recycled.
—Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy, The Conversation, 22 May 2026
Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2026
Let’s move toward a circular economy in all possible ways; even a very special raw material like this can be recycled into something new of high quality.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 28 May 2026
To manufacture the hull, the engineering team utilized recycled polymer waste at the company’s Henderson facility.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 27 May 2026
Cole seems to have recycled that abuse.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Only 25% of this e-waste is recycled.
—Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy, Fortune, 25 May 2026
Only between 30%-40% of Hong Kong’s waste is recycled, according to official figures, compared to more than half in Taiwan and South Korea.
—Catherine Phillips, CNN Money, 24 May 2026
Later, Throw shared his results in a PowerPoint presentation to the Porter Town Council, noting that 26% of the items could have been recycled.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2026
Only 25% of this e-waste is recycled.
—Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy, The Conversation, 22 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for recycled
recovered
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Photos released by the FGR appear to show agents navigating the underground passageway, access points leading into the tunnel and evidence recovered during the operation.—
Greg Wehner,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026
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Western, for his part, had by this time recovered something of his usual bluster, and began again upon the subject of Blifil, commending his estate and his family with great earnestness, as though these considerations alone ought to have settled the matter long since.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
2 June 2026
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“Recycled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recycled. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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