First man to frame recycling terms for continental city (9)
I believe the answer is:
amsterdam
'continental city' is the definition.
(city in continental Europe)
'first man to frame recycling terms' is the wordplay.
'first man' becomes 'adam' (first man in the Bible).
'to frame' indicates putting letters inside.
'recycling' indicates anagramming the letters.
'terms' anagrammed gives 'mster'.
'adam' enclosing 'mster' is 'AMSTERDAM'.
'for' is the link.
(Other definitions for amsterdam that I've seen before include "City of the Rijks-museum and Van Gogh Museum" , "Dutch port" , "Capital city" , "Netherlands capital" , "City known for canals" .)