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Grammar fix

recycling bin

container for recyclables

A container where people put things like paper, plastic, or glass that can be recycled instead of thrown away as trash.

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Hear it in context

Notice where the phrase sounds natural.

  • Please put your empty bottles in the recycling bin, not in the regular trash.daily life
  • In my city, every household has a recycling bin, which encourages people to separate their waste and protect the environment.IELTS speaking

Fix the pattern

Pattern: recycling bin (noun)

WrongPut it in the recycle bin.

RightPut it in the recycling bin.

The household container is the 'recycling bin'; 'recycle bin' is the icon on a computer.

Patternrecycling bin (noun)

Use it right

Choose the version that sounds natural in speech.

Stiff Kindly deposit it within the receptacle designated for recyclable materials.

Natural Just put it in the recycling bin.

'Receptacle designated for recyclable materials' is comically formal; 'recycling bin' is normal.

Build natural chunks

Words that usually travel with it.

  • the recycling bin
    the recycling binput it in the recyclingthe green binempty the bin

Don't confuse it

A recycling bin is for recyclable materials, while a trash can is for items that cannot be recycled.

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