Reclaim, reclaimed, reclaimer, reclaiming or reclamation means "to get something back". It may refer to: *

Land reclamation Land reclamation, often known as reclamation, and also known as land fill (not to be confused with a waste landfill), is the process of creating new Terrestrial ecoregion, land from oceans, list of seas, seas, Stream bed, riverbeds or lake ...

, creating new land from oceans, riverbeds, or lake beds *

Dedesertification Desertification is a type of gradual land degradation of fertile land into arid desert due to a combination of natural processes and human activities. The immediate cause of desertification is the loss of most vegetation. This is driven by a nu ...

, reversing of the

land degradation Land degradation is a process where land becomes less healthy and productive due to a combination of Human impact on the environment, human activities or natural conditions. The causes for land degradation are numerous and complex. Human activitie ...

in arid and semi-arid regions *

Mine reclamation Mine reclamation is the process of modifying land that has been mined to restore it to an ecologically functional or economically usable state. Although the process of mine reclamation occurs once mining is complete, the planning of mine recl ...

, restoring land that has been mined to a usable state *

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 develop ...

, improving the environmental health of streams and rivers *

Street reclamation Street reclaiming is the process of converting, or otherwise returning streets to a stronger focus on Alternatives to car use, non-car use — such as walking, cycling and active lifestyle, active street life. It is advocated by many urban planni ...

, to increase non-car uses of streets

Materials

Reclaimed water Water reclamation is the process of converting Sewage, municipal wastewater or sewage and Industrial wastewater treatment, industrial wastewater into water that can be reused for a variety of purposes. It is also called wastewater reuse, water re ...

, converting wastewater into water that can be used for other purposes *

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 t ...

, a paste-like meat product *

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 *

Materials recovery facility A materials recovery facility, materials reclamation facility, materials recycling facility or multi re-use facility (MRF, pronounced "murf") is a specialized waste sorting and recycling system that receives, separates and prepares recyclable m ...

, a specialized plant that receives, separates and prepares recyclable materials *

Refrigerant reclamation Refrigerant reclamation is the act of processing used refrigerant gas which has previously been used in some type of refrigeration loop to meet the specifications for new refrigerant gas. In the United States, the Section 608 of the Clean Air Ac ...

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 ...

or reclaimed rubber, recycled rubber produced from automotive scrap tires *

Reclaimed asphalt pavement Asphalt concrete (commonly called asphalt, blacktop, or pavement in North America, and tarmac or bitumen macadam in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland) is a composite material commonly used to surface roads, parking lots, airports, ...

, removed pavement materials containing asphalt and aggregates * Full depth recycling, 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 the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where it is black or dark gra ...

previously dumped in the water *

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 f ...

, reuse of processed wood primarily for decoration and home building *

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 needs ...

, 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. ...

, a pejorative word or slur used as an affirmation with positive connotation *

Individual reclamation The following is a list of terms specific to anarchists. Anarchism is a political and social movement which advocates voluntary association in opposition to authoritarianism and hierarchy. __NOTOC__ A :The negation of rule or "government by no ...

, the theft of resources by the poor from the rich *

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 hav ...

, in Australia * Reclaim Australia: Reduce Immigration *

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. It ...

, a far-right political party *

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 globalisati ...

, anti-car/pro-public-spaces movement *

Reclaim the Dream commemorative march Alfred Charles Sharpton Jr. (born October 3, 1954) is an American civil rights and social justice activist, Baptist minister, radio talk show host, and TV personality, who is also the founder of the National Action Network civil rights organi ...

, in the US *

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 l ...

, 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 United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for since 1991. The district, numbered as the California's 29th congressional district, ...

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 L� ...

, a report in the UK *

Reclaim Party The Reclaim Party is a right-wing populist political party in the United Kingdom. It was launched in 2020 by English political activist and actor Laurence Fox, with all of its funding from a single donor, Jeremy Hosking. It does not solicit d ...

, 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 addresses issues related to presidential succession and disability. It clarifies that the Vice President of the United States, vice president becomes President of th ...

* 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 cl ...

United States Bureau of Reclamation The Bureau of Reclamation, 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 operatio ...

, a federal agency which oversees water resource management *

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 17 states in the American West. The act at first cove ...

, a 1902 United States federal law that funded irrigation projects **

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 * Reclamation district, special-purpose districts which are responsible for reclaiming and maintaining threatened land *

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 A surface, as the term is most generally used, is the outermost or uppermost layer of a physical object or space. It is the portion or region of the object that can first be perceived by an observer using the senses of Visual perception, sight ...

, a 1977 law in the US *

Three Kids Mine Remediation and Reclamation Act The Three Kids Mine Remediation and Reclamation Act (; ) is a U.S. public law that authorizes the sale of approximately 950 acres of federal land to the city of Henderson, Nevada. The land used to be a mine and now needs significant environmenta ...

, a 2013 law in the US *

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 ( ...

, a proposed 2017 mining reclamation law in the US *

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

Center for Reclaiming America for Christ Center or centre may refer to: Mathematics *Center (geometry), the middle of an object * Center (algebra), used in various contexts ** Center (group theory) ** Center (ring theory) * Graph center, the set of all vertices of minimum eccentricity ...

Reclaiming (Neopaganism) Reclaiming is a tradition in neopagan witchcraft, 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

* Reclaiming Futures, 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 *

Rehabilitation (penology) Rehabilitation is the process of re-educating those who have committed a crime and preparing them to re-enter society. The goal is to address all of the underlying root causes of crime in order to decrease the rate of recidivism once inmates ar ...

, re-integration into society of a convicted person

As a synonym for sewage treatment

* Clark County Water Reclamation District, Clark County, Nevada, US *

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 oth ...

, Illinois, US *

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 *

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 *

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 E ...

, Los Angeles, California, US

Music

* ''Reclaim'' (album), 2003 album by Keep of Kalessin * ''Reclaim Australia'' (album), 2016 album by A.B. Original * ''Reclamation'' (Bigwig album), 2006 * ''Reclamation'' (Candlelight Red album), 2013 * ''Reclamation'' (Front Line Assembly album), 1997 * ''Reclaimed'' (radio show) in Canada

Technology

Samsung Samsung Group (; stylised as SΛMSUNG) is a South Korean Multinational corporation, multinational manufacturing Conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered in the Samsung Town office complex in Seoul. The group consists of numerous a ...

Reclaim, an eco-friendly feature phone with a sliding keyboard *

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 ma ...

, a machine used to handle bulk materials * Baggage reclaim 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. Airports without carousels generally deliver baggage by placing it on the floor or ...

* HMS ''Reclaim'' * USS ''Reclaimer'' (ARS-42), a 1945 salvage ship *

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

* ''Reclaim'' (film), a 2014 thriller film starring John Cusack and Ryan Phillippe * ''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-managed economy, ...

in socialism *

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 kn ...

, an American company