Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To minimize consumer waste through selective purchasing, as by buying goods in bulk, avoiding disposable items, and carrying purchases in reusable bags.
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- verb To avoid the need to
recycle by not usingprepackaging , for example.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It is important to "precycle," which means to reduce and reuse before even recycling in the "reduce, reuse and recycle" chain.
Daily Vanguard RSS 2009
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Buzzwords — ruralpolitan, precycle, and paycation — have yet to make the cut.
Staycation and green collar Buzzwords part of 2009 update to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary 2009
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Buzzwords—ruralpolitan, precycle, and paycation—have yet to make the cut.
Staycation and green collar Buzzwords part of 2009 update to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary 2009
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To slash the amount of waste you create and to reduce pressure on the nation's landfills, learn how to precycle with these simple lifestyle changes:
Buzzword: Precycle 2008
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My final word to you is to keep trying – keep being conservative, do everything you can to not waste anything – time, paper, water, energy, food – precycle if you can, and recycle everything you can.
Precycling - Keeping Waste Outputs Low DN Lee 2008
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My final word to you is to keep trying – keep being conservative, do everything you can to not waste anything – time, paper, water, energy, food – precycle if you can, and recycle everything you can.
Archive 2008-05-01 DN Lee 2008
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To slash the amount of waste you create and to reduce pressure on the nation's landfills, learn how to precycle with these simple lifestyle changes: 1. Buy in bulk.
Buzzword: Precycle 2008
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To curb junk mail, sign up at precycle.tonic.com, which charges a $10 fee to get your name and address removed from many marketing lists.
CNN.com 2011
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There are doubtless many other ways to precycle, but the examples Lakritz lists in her column won't do the trick.
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Bringing your own coffee mug into your favorite caffeine dealer is another precycle act of genius.
janejetson commented on the word precycle
Any attempt to reduce the production of waste, such as using cloth grocery/shopping bags, online readers, reducing postal junk mail.
re: http://www.diylife.com/2007/11/12/precycle-before-you-recycle/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precycling
July 3, 2010