Some rubbish appears wet for recycling (10)
I believe the answer is:
wastepaper
'some rubbish' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'appears wet for recycling' is the wordplay.
'for recycling' indicates anagramming the letters.
'appears'+'wet'='appearswet'
'appearswet' is an anagram of 'WASTEPAPER'.
(Other definitions for wastepaper that I've seen before include "rubbish" , "Office or domestic bin" .)