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aspirational recycling

aspirational recycling noun: setting aside materials for recycling that are not actually recycled by one's garbage collection service.

Noun

aspirational recycling (uncountable)

  1. Setting aside materials for recycling that are not actually recycled by one's garbage collection service.
    • The harm of aspirational recycling goes beyond the added resources sorting facilities must employ to remove such contaminants.2018, Michelle MacKinnon, "Your ‘aspirational recycling’ is only part of Seattle’s trash problem", Capitol Hill Seattle Blog

Synonyms of aspirational recycling

Questions about aspirational recycling

What does aspirational recycling mean?
Aspirational recycling means setting aside materials for recycling that are not actually recycled by one's garbage collection service.
What part of speech is aspirational recycling?
Aspirational recycling is a noun.

Words near aspirational recycling in the dictionary

  1. aspirated h
  2. aspirates
  3. aspirating
  4. aspiration
  5. aspirational
  6. aspirational recycling
  7. aspirationalism
  8. aspirationally
  9. aspirationals
  10. aspirations
  11. aspirator

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