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wishcycling

noun

Etymology

Blend of wish + recycling, said to have been coined by Bill Keegan, president of a recycling company.

Definitions

  1. The disposal of consumer waste in a recycling bin in the hope of it being recycled, when…

    The disposal of consumer waste in a recycling bin in the hope of it being recycled, when it cannot or is unlikely to be recycled.

    • Some new innovative packaging can’t be recycled, but nonetheless ends up in the single-sort bin through what Keegan calls “wish cycling.”
    • Not only that, but wishcycling is playing a big role in the current global recycling meltdown.

  2. present participle and gerund of wishcycle

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for wishcycling. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA