recycling vs usage

recycling and usage both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

recycling (noun)	usage (noun)
the act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products	the act of using
used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products	accepted or habitual practice
	the customary manner in which a language (or a form of a language) is spoken or written