recycle
verb [ I or T ]
uk/ˌriːˈsaɪkl/ us ENVIRONMENT
to use a special industrial process in order to make materials and products ready to be used again:
Remember to reduce, reuse, or recycle.
be recycled Equipment that is too old to repair is recycled.
recycle goods/material/waste Waste is separated into four different bins in order to recycle it.
recycle sth into sth Plastic bottles can be recycled into a myriad other products.
Compare
reclaim
repurpose
to use money for a different purpose from the one it was originally intended for:
recycle sth into sth The original capital of $500,000 has been recycled into loans totaling $22 million.