Recycle

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-023434",
  "term": "Recycle",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Minimizing waste generation by recovering and reprocessing usable products that might otherwise become waste (.i.e. recycling of aluminum cans, paper, and bottles, etc.).\n\n2. To collect and reprocess a material so it can be used again to make a new product. An example is collecting aluminum cans, melting them, and using the aluminum to make new cans or other products.\n\n3. To extract refrigerant from an appliance and clean refrigerant for reuse without meeting all of the requirements for reclamation. In general, recycled refrigerant is refrigerant that is cleaned using oil separation and single or multiple passes through devices, such as replaceable core filter-driers, which reduce moisture, acidity, and particulate matter. Under Section 609 of the Clean Air Act, refrigerant can be removed from one car's air conditioner, recycled on site, and then charged into a different car.\n\n4. When referring to a refrigerant, recycle means to extract refrigerant from an appliance (except MVACs) and clean refrigerant for reuse in equipment of the same owner without meeting all of the requirements for reclamation. In general, recycled refrigerant is refrigerant that is cleaned using oil separation and single or multiple passes through devices, such as replaceable core filter-driers, which reduce moisture, acidity, and particulate matter. Under Section 609 (https://www.epa.gov/mvac) of the Clean Air Act, refrigerant can be removed from one car's air conditioner, recycled on site, and then charged into a different car.",
  "subject": "Air",
  "references": [
    "Terms of Environment",
    "Student's Guide to Global Climate Change",
    "Ozone Layer Protection Glossary",
    "Definitions of Section 608 Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/recycle/"
}