Riciclati

Riciclati is the masculine plural past participle of the Italian verb riciclare and is used as an adjective to describe objects or materials that have been processed to be used again. The related forms include riciclato (masc singular), riciclata (fem singular), riciclate (fem plural), and riciclati (oscillating gender/plural).

In common usage, riciclati applies to items, substances, or products that have undergone recycling. Phrases such as materiali riciclati (recycled materials) and prodotti riciclati (recycled products) are typical in environmental, industrial, and commercial contexts. The term is frequently found in discussions of waste management, circular economy, and sustainability metrics, where counts or percentages of materiali riciclati are reported to gauge progress.

As a linguistic form, riciclati is most often encountered in technical or policy-related language, rather than in everyday speech, though it also appears in consumer labeling and marketing to indicate a product’s recycled content. When used as a noun, the phrase i riciclati (the recycled ones) exists but is relatively uncommon and can sound odd outside specific contexts.

Etymology and related terms: riciclati derives from the verb riciclare, meaning to recycle, which in turn stems from the concept of reusing materials. Related terms include riciclo (recycling), riciclaggio (recycling process), and riciclaggio dei rifiuti (waste recycling).

See also: riciclare, riciclo, riciclaggio.