Recycling Technology

noun A machine or tool used for shredding or cutting documents, paper, or other materials into small pieces.

• The office purchased a new shredder for securely disposing of sensitive documents.
• I accidentally jammed the shredder with too many papers at once.
• I need to shred these old files, pass me the shredder.
• His criticism was like a mental shredder, tearing apart my self-confidence.

noun A person or thing that separates or divides silver from other materials.

• The laboratory uses a silver separator to isolate precious metals from electronic waste.
• I heard they found a silver separator in the old warehouse, it could be worth a lot of money.
• Check out this cool silver separator I found at the flea market.
• The silver separator acted as a barrier between the conflicting parties, preventing further arguments.