recyclable

Thân thiện

Many recyclable bottles and cans are placed in the blue bin.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Capable of being processed and used again: Describes a material or product that can be collected, treated, and transformed into new materials or products, preventing it from becoming waste.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Please place all recyclable materials, like paper and plastic bottles, in the blue bin.
  • The packaging is clearly marked as recyclable.
  • Not all types of plastic are recyclable in our local facility.

Advanced Usage

• "to be recyclable": The most common construction, stating the property of an object.
  • This new polymer is fully recyclable.
• Used in formal or technical contexts to describe systems or processes.
  • The company is committed to using 100% recyclable or compostable packaging by 2025.

Variants and Related Words

• Recycle (verb): To process used materials so they can be used again.
  • We recycle our glass and metal.
• Recycling (noun): The process of converting waste into reusable material.
  • The city's recycling program is very effective.
• Recyclability (noun): The quality or degree to which something is recyclable.
  • The recyclability of a product depends on its material composition.

Synonyms

• Reusable: Can be used again, though not necessarily through an industrial reprocessing cycle.
• Recoverable: Capable of being retrieved or extracted for use.

Antonyms

• Non-recyclable: Not capable of being recycled.
• Disposable: Designed to be thrown away after use.

Related Phrases

• Recyclable waste/trash: Waste materials that can be recycled.
  • Separate your recyclable waste from general trash.
• Recyclable content: The proportion of material in a product that comes from recycled sources.
  • This paper has 50% post-consumer recyclable content.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. capable of being used again

Từ đồng nghĩa

• reclaimable
• reusable