aspirational recycling

== English == === Noun === aspirational recycling (uncountable) Setting aside materials for recycling that are not actually recycled by one's garbage collection service. 2018, Michelle MacKinnon, "Your ‘aspirational recycling’ is only part of Seattle’s trash problem", Capitol Hill Seattle Blog: The harm of aspirational recycling goes beyond the added resources sorting facilities must employ to remove such contaminants. ==== Synonyms ==== wishful recycling wishcycling