recycling plant

collocation in English

meaningsofrecyclingandplant

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withplant.
recycling
noun[U]
uk
/ˌriːˈsaɪ.klɪŋ/us
/ˌriːˈsaɪ.klɪŋ/
the process of collecting and changing old paper, glass, plastic, etc. so that it can be ...
See more atrecycling
plant
noun
uk
/plɑːnt/us
/plænt/
a living thing that grows in earth, in water, or on other plants, usually has a stem, leaves, roots, and flowers, and ...
See more atplant

(Definition ofrecyclingandplantfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrecycling plant

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
A commercialrecyclingplantwould encourage local authorities to inform householders of the benefits of sorting and separating household rubbish at source, in the home.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It would be crazy to close therecyclingplantsimply for some piece of dogma.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Despite the promises of 1985–86, the paperrecyclingplanthas not got off the ground.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That is a newrecyclingplant, and it is designed in a way that makes it attractive to the public.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We have an opportunity immediately after the construction of the refrigeratorrecyclingplantto build phase 3 and recycle all electrical equipment.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That site includes a bottom ashrecyclingplantfor ferrous and non-ferrous metals.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
What happens if, for example, the company that is running therecyclingplantarea suddenly goes bankrupt or fails to discharge its responsibilities?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I am not suggesting for a moment that we simply burn all our household waste;recyclingplantwould enable much of it to be recycled.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
In an ideal situation the population that we would try to get to serve a sophisticated incinerator orrecyclingplantis more than double that.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The county ended up selling the entire solid waste system to the private sector and therecyclingplantis for sale.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The company was accused of illegally using theirrecyclingplantto store non-recyclable and unsortable waste.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
In recent years, the paper mill has become a paperrecyclingplantwhich has decreased the emission of sulfides.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Paper is recycled in the paperrecyclingplant.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Therecyclingplantcan be fixed or mobile; the smaller capacity mobile plant works best for asphalt-aggregate recycling.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
As of 2007, the park contains some pedestrian trails and a skateboard park inside the oldrecyclingplant, but is for the most part unimproved.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
A steel framerecyclingplantwas completely obliterated, with nothing left of the structure but the foundation and a few mangled steel beams.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The front end of the plant, however was built in 1993 as arecyclingplant, but it was closed down in less than 18 months as being financially unworkable.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Additionally, some old newspapers never make it to arecyclingplant, being used for a variety of household and industrial applications or simply ending up in landfill.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
Franklin opened what was considered the world's first garbagerecyclingplantin 1971.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
The dump was improved over the years, but the most important work was done in 2003: the dump was expanded and arecyclingplantwas incorporated.
From
Wikipedia
This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofrecycling
Go to the definition ofplant
See other collocations withplant