Vigilant Recycler

 is a perk in Fallout: New Vegas.

Effects
Waste not, want not. When you use Energy Weapons, you are more likely to recover drained ammunition. You also have more efficient recycling recipes available at the wasteland's Workbenches.

The efficient recycling recipes make you twice as likely to recover drained cells when you use Energy weapons, reduce the cost of recharging drained cells from four to three, reduce the cost of creating Overcharge cells from four to three. Additionally, you'll be able to create Maximum Charge energy weapon ammo, which increases damage by 75% and reduces weapon degradation.

Another test of this perk: Weapon: RCW, 400 rounds of ECP: 32% Base Recovery Rate, 54% with Perk. Effective rounds recovered: 8% Base, 18% with Perk.

Bugs
Taking this perk will permanently alter the workbench crafting list, and will prevent new schematics from appearing at the workbench.