Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "recycling" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Capable Of

reduce wastes reaching landfills

Derived Terms

antirecycling aspirational recycling biorecycling e-recycling grasscycling nonrecycling peecycling recycling bin recycling station recycling symbol recycling time wishcycling wishful recycling

Inflected/Variant Forms

recycle

Has Property

good for environment

Subevents

start compost pile

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

employment exercise material stuff usage use utilisation utilization

Type Of (IsA)

good thing human activity material process process reuses bottles separating trash from reusable material use

Receives Action

done to newsprint

Related Terms

upcycling

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.