recycle

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Residents get credit for the weight of materials they recycle, which is recorded through a computer chip imbedded in the bins when they are emptied by the sanitation crew.

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  1. transitive verb To put or pass through a cycle again, as for further treatment.
  2. transitive verb To start a different cycle in.
  3. transitive verb To extract useful materials from (garbage or waste).

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  • Businesses, schools now can recycle -- for a price
  • On the other hand, I am also amazed that scientists defending evolution fail to convincingly point out that a dead mechanical invention like a watch or a mousetrap cannot in any way explain the design process of living systems that reproduce, recycle, and recombine changeable components infinitely regardless of function.
  • "We're trying to show how to recycle, and let everyone see how much litter there is, just in the school," Bowman said. —  Craig Daily Press stories
  • "We want everyone to recycle, and not just leave their garbage lying around." —  Craig Daily Press stories
  • I don't know if this is the case for other components but I will not pay to recycle, they should be paying me. —  digg.com: Stories / Popular
 

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