[Ads-l] recycle as an intransitive verb

[Benjamin Barrett]

I just got into trouble with a client because Merriam-Webster (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recycle) says that the intransitive uses of “recycle” do not include “recycle waste.” The Oxford Dictionary site (http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/american_english/recycle) and Wiktionary (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/recycle) agree. 

I have no trouble with saying “I don’t recycle” and the internet is filled with examples.

Benjamin Barrett
Formerly of Seattle
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