verb [VN]
1 to treat things that have already been used so that they can be used again:
Denmark recycles nearly 85% of its paper. * This envelope is made from recycled paper.
2 to use the same ideas, methods, jokes, etc. again:
He recycled all his old jokes.
recyclable adjective:
recyclable plastic
recycling noun [U]:
the recycling of glass * a recycling plant
