How to Use recycle in a Sentence

recycle

1 of 2 verb
  • The doormat is made from recycled tires.
  • We make efforts to recycle.
  • Town residents are required to recycle cans and bottles.
  • The author recycles a familiar story in her latest novel.
  • They're studying various ways to recycle garbage into fuel.
  • Leeds recycle the loose ball and move it to the left flank.
    — Beren Cross, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Cole seems to have recycled that abuse.
    — R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
  • If not, recycle them as e-waste.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2025
  • If not, recycle them as e-waste.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Keep trash cans and recycling well sealed.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 28 June 2026
  • All that isn’t used is recycled.
    — Donna Gordon Blankinship, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
  • All that isn’t used is recycled.
    — Donna Gordon Blankinship, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Many auto parts stores take old oil and will recycle it for free.
    — Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Christmas trees do not need to be cut down for recycling at the drop-off.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Dec. 2023
  • The fibers in this type of paper are too short to be recycled and reused.
    — Maia Pandey, jsonline.com, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Any loose items without a pair can be recycled.
    — Kaylei Fear, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Feb. 2026
  • If your first thought is to recycle your box of old gadgets, read this first.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2026
  • But less than 20% of it gets recycled.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Fry oil is recycled and used to produce biodiesel.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 5 Jan. 2026
  • This movie seems proud, even smug, about recycling scraps from other fairy tales.
    — Kyle Smith, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Plastic bags don’t go in the recycling bin.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 1 June 2026
  • Paper pet food bags can be recycled.
    — Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
  • But his score is far from being recycled Brat tracks.
    — Matthew Huff, Vanity Fair, 27 Jan. 2026
  • But there are other ways to recycle pods rather than putting them in the landfill.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 28 Jan. 2026
  • All items should be empty, clean and dry before they are recycled.
    — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • In the real sense, all of them are recycling racist practices.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • When the cave closes, its fabric will be reused or recycled.
    — ABC News, 16 June 2026
  • However, bulbs recycled this way won’t last long—maybe a few years at best.
    — Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 24 Mar. 2026
  • The talking points will be recycled.
    — Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Instead of chucking them in the trash, recycle them.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 21 Jan. 2026

recycle

2 of 2 noun
  • Strike fast, recycle, post the file.
    — Bob Bonniol, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2025
  • But sometimes something ends up in our trash can that should go in the recycle bin.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Patrons should clear their own table and place cups in recycle bins.
    — Kathy Flanigan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 June 2020
  • And then also these recycle plants.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Sell, recycle, donate or repurpose things that no longer serve you or bring you joy.
    — oregonlive, 4 Aug. 2020
  • Place a recycle bin and trash bin nearby, and set up a towel or old sheet and a bowl of sudsy water.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2020
  • RedBird still has room to grow with more of the old mall to recycle and vacant land to build on.
    — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 21 July 2023
  • Waste less, recycle, reuse, and conserve each day.
    — Barrie Gillies, Parents, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Residents who recycle will place all items in the large blue bin that has been provided by the city.
    — Peter Krouse, cleveland, 13 Oct. 2021
  • Your garbage bin can acquire a level of ethics that will refuse to accept none-recycle plastics.
    — Hod Fleishman, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
  • All those unappetizing items go in your brown yard waste cart, not the black trash cart or the blue recycle cart.
    — Terri Daxon, Oc Register, 28 May 2026
  • But that litter goes into recycle bins and garbage bags for disposal.
    — CBS News, 13 May 2022
  • Watch this little boy recycle kindness with gifts to his recycling truck.
    — Allison Moses, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2022
  • If the number isn’t hit, the ubiquitous, hard-to-recycle foamy plastic will be banned.
    — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2022
  • To help keep others safe, do not resell old transceivers—recycle instead.
    — Amelia Arvesen, Outside Online, 2 Mar. 2021
  • File papers, bus glassware and plates, and recycle or toss unneeded items.
    — Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2021
  • The lights and chords are given to a local scrap metal processor to recycle.
    — Peter Krouse, cleveland, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Reuse and recycle propane canisters though, and pack out the empties.
    — Matt Jancer, Wired, 17 Sep. 2020
  • Plain wrapping paper, without foil or glitter, can be chucked right into your home recycle bin.
    — Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Replace and recycle burned-out or flickering bulbs.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
  • For the past decade, researchers have called on cities to close the loop and recycle waste heat from server farms to cut costs and carbon emissions.
    — Nicolás Rivero, Quartz, 20 Oct. 2020
  • Plastic lids and caps that have a recycle number of 2, 4 or 5 are collectible.
    — Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 4 Mar. 2022
  • The coalition's purple recycle bins went back out to seven restaurants early this month.
    — Tristan Baurick, NOLA.com, 16 Jan. 2021
  • Tidy the junk drawer Place a recycle bin and trash bin nearby, and set up a towel or old sheet and a bowl of sudsy water.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2020
  • Dump the contents of the drawer onto the towel and start sorting into keep, recycle, or trash.
    — Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2020
  • Clippings recycle as much as 50 percent of the nitrogen that grass needs back into the soil.
    — Jessie Kissinger, Popular Mechanics, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The parts of your body that are more likely to see damage, like your skin and gut, turn over cells weekly, while other cell types can take months to years to recycle.
    — Zoie Magri, The Conversation, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Best Buy also has an e-waste program that allows people to either recycle or trade in their old tech products.
    — Annie Midori Atherton, Washington Post, 6 June 2023
  • Reduce, reuse, recycle — James Cameron would’ve wanted it this way.
    — James Grebey, Vulture, 9 June 2023
  • Shoreline cleanups have occurred across the nation for years, but that litter goes into recycle bins and garbage bags for disposal.
    — Scott Sonner, USA TODAY, 15 May 2022

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