Reclaim, reclaimed, reclaimer, reclaiming or reclamation means "to get something back".
It may refer to:
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Land reclamation
Land reclamation, usually known as reclamation, and also known as land fill (not to be confused with a waste landfill), is the process of creating new land from oceans, seas, riverbeds or lake beds. The land reclaimed is known as reclamati ...
, creating new land from oceans, riverbeds, or lake beds
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Dedesertification
Desertification is a type of land degradation in drylands in which biological productivity is lost due to natural processes or induced by human activities whereby fertile areas become increasingly arid. It is the spread of arid areas caused by ...
, reversing of the
land degradation
Land degradation is a process in which the value of the biophysical environment is affected by a combination of human-induced processes acting upon the land.
It is viewed as any change or disturbance to the land perceived to be deleterious ...
in arid and semi-arid regions
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Mine reclamation
Mine reclamation is the process of modifying land that has been mined to ecologically functional or economically usable state. Although the process of mine reclamation occurs once mining is completed, the planning of mine reclamation activiti ...
, restoring land that has been mined to a usable state
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Stream restoration
Stream restoration or river restoration, also sometimes referred to as river reclamation, is work conducted to improve the environmental health of a river or stream, in support of biodiversity, recreation, flood management and/or landscape developm ...
, improving the environmental health of streams and rivers
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Street reclamation
Street reclaiming is the process of converting, or otherwise returning streets to a stronger focus on non-car use — such as walking, cycling and active street life. It is advocated by many urban planners and urban economists, of widely varyin ...
, to increase non-car uses of streets
Materials
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Reclaimed water
Water reclamation (also called wastewater reuse, water reuse or water recycling) is the process of converting municipal wastewater
Sewage (or domestic sewage, domestic wastewater, municipal wastewater) is a type of wastewater that is produce ...
, converting wastewater into water that can be used for other purposes
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Mechanically separated meat
Mechanically separated meat (MSM), mechanically recovered/reclaimed meat (MRM), or mechanically deboned meat (MDM) is a paste-like meat product produced by forcing pureed or ground beef, pork, mutton, turkey or chicken, under high pressure thro ...
, a paste-like meat product
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Landfill mining
Landfill mining and reclamation (LFMR) is a process which excavates and processes solid wastes
which have previously been landfilled. The process aims to reduce the amount of landfill mass encapsulated within the closed landfill and/or temporarily ...
, excavation and processing of materials from landfills
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Materials recovery facility
A materials recovery facility, materials reclamation facility, materials recycling facility or Multi re-use facility (MRF, pronounced "murf") is a specialized plant that receives, separates and prepares recyclable materials for marketing to end-u ...
, a specialized plant that receives, separates and prepares recyclable materials
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Refrigerant reclamation Refrigerant reclamation is the act of processing used refrigerant gas which has previously been used in some type of refrigeration loop such that it meets specifications for new refrigerant gas. In the United States, the Section 608 of the Clean A ...
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Crumb rubber
Crumb rubber is recycled rubber produced from automotive and truck scrap tires. During the recycling process, steel and tire cord (fluff) are removed, leaving tire rubber with a granular consistency. Continued processing with a granulator or cr ...
or reclaimed rubber, recycled rubber produced from automotive scrap tires
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Reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP)
Asphalt concrete (commonly called asphalt, blacktop, or pavement in North America, and tarmac, bitumen macadam, or rolled asphalt in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland) is a composite material commonly used to surface roads, parking ...
, removed pavement materials containing asphalt and aggregates
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Full depth recycling
Full depth recycling or full depth reclamation (FDR) is a process that rebuilds worn out asphalt pavements by recycling the existing roadway.
Processes
Old asphalt and base materials are pulverized using a specialized machine called a reclaimer. ...
, a process that rebuilds worn-out asphalt pavements by recycling the existing roadway
* Sand reclamation, reclamation of
stamp sand
Stamp sand is a coarse sand left over from the processing of ore in a stamp mill. In the United States, the most well-known deposits of stamp sand are in the Copper Country of northern Michigan, where it is black or dark gray, and may contain ha ...
previously dumped in the water
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Reclaimed lumber
Reclaimed lumber is processed wood retrieved from its original application for purposes of subsequent use. Most reclaimed lumber comes from timbers and decking rescued from old barns, factories and warehouses, although some companies use wood fr ...
, reuse of processed wood primarily for decoration and home building
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Ecohouse
An Eco-house (or Eco-home) is an environmentally low-impact home designed and built using materials and technology that reduces its carbon footprint and lowers its energy needs. Eco-homes are measured in multiple ways meeting sustainability need ...
, made with reclaimed materials
Politics
* Reclaimed word or
reappropriation
In linguistics, reappropriation, reclamation, or resignification is the cultural process by which a group reclaims words or artifacts that were previously used in a way disparaging of that group. It is a specific form of a semantic change (i.e. ...
, a pejorative word or slur used as an affirmation with positive connotation
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Individual reclamation
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, the theft of resources by the poor from the rich
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Reclaiming Patriotism
Reclaiming Patriotism: Nation-Building for Australian Progressives is a 2009 book by Tim Soutphommasane published by Cambridge University Press. It's the lead title of the Australian Encounters series which argues that the Australian left have mi ...
, in Australia
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Reclaim Australia: Reduce Immigration
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Reclaim Australia
Reclaim Australia is a far-right Australian nationalist protest group which is associated with nationalist and neo-Nazi hate groups. The group was formed in 2015, holding street rallies in cities across Australia to protest against Islam. ...
, a far-right political party
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Reclaim the Streets
Reclaim the Streets also known as RTS, are a collective with a shared ideal of community ownership of public spaces. Participants characterise the collective as a resistance movement opposed to the dominance of corporate forces in globalisa ...
, anti-car/pro-public-spaces movement
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Reclaim the Dream commemorative march
Alfred Charles Sharpton Jr. (born October 3, 1954) is an American civil rights activist, Baptist minister, talk show host and politician. Sharpton is the founder of the National Action Network. In 2004, he was a candidate for the Democratic ...
, in the US
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Reclaim The Records
Reclaim The Records is a non-profit organization and activist group that advocates for greater transparency and accessibility for genealogical, archival, and vital records in the United States. They use state Freedom of Information requests and la ...
, a movement to increase availability of public records in the US
* "Reclaiming my time", a phrase used by
Maxine Waters
Maxine Moore Waters (née Carr; born August 15, 1938) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 1991. The district, numbered as the 29th district from 1991 to 1993 and as the 35th district from 1993 to 2013, incl ...
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Reclaiming Health and Safety For All
Reclaiming Health and Safety For All also known as the Löfstedt Report is a 2011 report commissioned by the British government to review existing health and safety legislation and its impact upon businesses. The report was written by Ragnar Lö ...
, a report in the UK
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Reclaim Party
The Reclaim Party is a right-wing political party in the United Kingdom. It was launched in 2020 by British actor and political activist Laurence Fox, with funding from Jeremy Hosking.
Founding
In September 2020, Fox attracted funding for a n ...
, a British political party founded by actor Laurence Fox in 2020
Law
* Presidential power reclamation, covered by the
twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Twenty-fifth Amendment (Amendment XXV) to the United States Constitution deals with presidential succession and disability.
It clarifies that the vice president becomes president if the president dies, resigns, or is removed from office, a ...
* Citizenship reclamation, part of the
German Citizenship Project
The German Citizenship Project was set up in the United States in 2006, and encourages descendants of Germans deprived of their citizenship by Nazi Germany to reclaim German citizenship without losing the citizenship of their home country. It clos ...
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United States Bureau of Reclamation
The Bureau of Reclamation, and formerly the United States Reclamation Service, is a federal agency under the U.S. Department of the Interior, which oversees water resource management, specifically as it applies to the oversight and opera ...
, a federal agency which oversees water resource management
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Newlands Reclamation Act
The Reclamation Act (also known as the Lowlands Reclamation Act or National Reclamation Act) of 1902 () is a United States federal law that funded irrigation projects for the arid lands of 20 states in the American West.
The act at first covere ...
, a 1902 United States federal law that funded irrigation projects
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Reclamation fund
Reclaim, reclaimed, reclaimer, reclaiming or reclamation means "to get something back".
It may refer to:
* Land reclamation, creating new land from oceans, riverbeds, or lake beds
* Dedesertification, reversing of the land degradation in arid an ...
, a special fund established by the 1902 law
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Reclamation district, special-purpose districts which are responsible for reclaiming and maintaining threatened land
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Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977
The Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA) is the primary federal law that regulates the environmental effects of coal mining in the United States.
SMCRA created two programs: one for regulating active coal mines and a second ...
, a 1977 law in the US
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Three Kids Mine Remediation and Reclamation Act, a 2013 law in the US
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RECLAIM Act
The RECLAIM Act (Revitalizing the Economy of Coal Communities by Leveraging Local Activities and Investing More Act) was simultaneously introduced in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives on March 27, 2017 by Senator Mitch McConnell (R ...
, a proposed 2017 mining reclamation law in the US
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Regional Clean Air Incentives Market Regional Clean Air Incentives Market (RECLAIM) is an emissions trading program operating in the state of California since 1994. Under the trading program, hundreds of polluting facilities are required to cut their emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) ...
(RECLAIM), an emissions trading program in California
Religion
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Center for Reclaiming America for Christ
Dennis James Kennedy (November 3, 1930 – September 5, 2007) was an American pastor, evangelist, Christian broadcaster, and author. He was the senior pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from 1960 until his ...
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Reclaiming (Neopaganism)
Reclaiming is a modern witchcraft tradition, aiming to combine the Goddess movement with feminism and political activism (in the peace and anti-nuclear movements). Reclaiming was founded in 1979, in the context of the ''Reclaiming Collective'' ...
, a Pagan earth-based spirituality movement
As a synonym for rehabilitation
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Reclaiming Futures Reclaiming Futures is a non-profit organization aimed at assisting teenagers out of trouble with drugs, alcohol and crime. It began in 2001 with $21 million from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. As of 2010 it operates with funding from the Robert ...
, a non-profit in the US
* Reclamation of fallen women, by the
Church penitentiary
The original church penitentiary for the reclamation of fallen women was founded in 1806 in London. There most well known centre was set up by former British prime minister William Ewart Gladstone in 1848. Its aim was the convent-based rehabili ...
in the UK
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Rehabilitation (penology)
Rehabilitation is the process of re-educating and retraining those who commit crime. It generally involves psychological approaches which target the cognitive distortions associated with specific kinds of crime committed by particular offenders ...
, re-integration into society of a convicted person
As a synonym for sewage treatment
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Clark County Water Reclamation District The Clark County Water Reclamation District (District) is a government wastewater treatment agency in Clark County, Nevada. As a member of the Southern Nevada Water Authority, its mission is to treat millions of gallons of wastewater that is produc ...
, Clark County, Nevada, US
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Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD), originally known as the Sanitary District of Chicago, is a special-purpose district chartered to operate in Cook County, Illinois since 1889. Although its name may imply other ...
, Illinois, US
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Riverside Park Water Reclamation Facility Riverside Park Water Reclamation Facility is the largest wastewater treatment plant for Spokane, capable of handling up to 150 million gallons a day. During low flow periods, the outflow of the plant comprises up to 20% of the Spokane River's water. ...
, Spokane, Washington, US
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Thomas P. Smith Water Reclamation Facility The Thomas P. Smith Water Reclamation Facility (TPSWRF) is owned and operated by the city of Tallahassee, Florida. The facility provides sewage treatment services for Tallahassee, Florida and the surrounding areas.
Facility Overview
The TPSWRF i ...
, Tallahassee, Florida, US
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Tillman Water Reclamation Plant
The Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant is a Reclaimed water, water reclamation plant located in Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, United States. The plant was conceived of, designed and constructed by the City of Los Angeles' Bureau of En ...
, Los Angeles, California, US
Music
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''Reclaim'' (album), 2003 album by Keep of Kalessin
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''Reclaim Australia'' (album), 2016 album by A.B. Original
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''Reclamation'' (Bigwig album), 2006
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''Reclamation'' (Candlelight Red album), 2013
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''Reclamation'' (Front Line Assembly album), 1997
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''Reclaimed'' (radio show) in Canada
Technology
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Samsung
The Samsung Group (or simply Samsung) ( ko, 삼성 ) is a South Korean multinational manufacturing conglomerate headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea. It comprises numerous affiliated businesses, most of them united under the ...
Reclaim, an eco-friendly feature phone with a sliding keyboard
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Reclaimer
A reclaimer is a large machine used in bulk material handling applications. A reclaimer's function is to recover bulk material such as ores and cereals from a stockpile. A stacker is used to stack the material.
Reclaimers are volumetric mach ...
, a machine used to handle bulk materials
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Baggage reclaim
image:Baggage_reclaim_hahn_airport.jpg, 200px, Baggage carousel
In airport terminals, a baggage reclaim area is an area where arriving passengers claim checked-in baggage after disembarking from an airline fixed-wing aircraft, flight. The altern ...
in airports, see also
Baggage carousel
A baggage carousel is a device, generally at an airport, that delivers checked luggage to the passengers at the baggage reclaim area at their final destination. Not all airports use these devices. Airports without carousels generally deliver bagg ...
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HMS ''Reclaim''
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USS ''Reclaimer'' (ARS-42), a 1945 salvage ship
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Reclaim helmet
A diving helmet is a rigid head enclosure with a breathing gas supply used in underwater diving. They are worn mainly by professional divers engaged in surface-supplied diving, though some models can be used with scuba equipment. The upper par ...
, a type of diving helmet
Other uses
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''Reclaim'' (film), a 2014 thriller film starring John Cusack and Ryan Phillippe
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''Reclaimed'' (TV series), a 2020 Discovery Channel USA reality television program about mining, hunting, backcountry camping/cottages, and land claims
* Reclaimed factories, a form of
workers' self-management
Workers' self-management, also referred to as labor management and organizational self-management, is a form of organizational management based on self-directed work processes on the part of an organization's workforce. Self-management is a def ...
in socialism
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Reclaimed Space
Reclaimed Space is an American company based in Austin, Texas, that builds custom sustainable living spaces out of reclaimed materials. They are known for their relocatable and drop-ready functionality. Reclaimed Space's architecture is also k ...
, an American company
See also
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Reclaimer (disambiguation)
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Claim (disambiguation)
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Restoration (disambiguation)
Restoration is the act of restoring something to its original state and may refer to:
* Conservation and restoration of cultural heritage
** Audio restoration
** Film restoration
** Image restoration
** Textile restoration
* Restoration ecology
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