recycling vs employment

recycling and employment both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
recycling	Yes	No	No	No
employment	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, employment is a hypernym of recycling; that is, employment is a word with a broader meaning than recycling:

recycling: the act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products
employment: the act of using

Other hypernyms of recycling include exercise, usage, use, utilisation, utilization.

recycling (noun)	employment (noun)
the act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products	the occupation for which you are paid
used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products	the act of using
	the act of giving someone a job
	the state of being employed or having a job