Circular Economy Concepts

adjective able to be reclaimed or recovered

• The company has a policy of recycling all reclaimable materials from their manufacturing process.
• Make sure to separate the reclaimable items from the trash for recycling.
• Hey, don't throw that away! It's totally reclaimable!
• She believed that even lost time was reclaimable through hard work and dedication.

noun the act of putting items in the recycling bin in the hope that they will be recycled, even if they are not actually recyclable

• Wishcycling is the act of putting items in the recycling bin in the hope that they will be recycled, even though they are not actually recyclable.
• I used to be guilty of wishcycling until I learned more about what can and cannot be recycled.
• Don't wishcycle, it just contaminates the recycling stream and causes more harm than good.
• Wishcycling is like throwing a coin in a fountain and making a wish, except in this case, it's with recyclable items and the outcome is not magical.