reclaimer
Waste material restorer
A reclaimer is someone or something that takes back or recovers what was lost, abandoned, or degraded.
The word appears in environmental contexts—a reclaimer of wetlands, a reclaimer of industrial waste.
In mining and bulk handling, a reclaimer is heavy machinery that retrieves stockpiled materials for processing: The reclaimer moved along the coal pile, feeding the conveyor belt.
Vigorous cause champion
- advocatePublic cause supporter
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- reformerAgent of institutional improvement
- trailblazerFirst to forge ahead
changemaker · restorer · steward · conservationist · environmentalist · rights advocate
Machine that digs earth
- bulldozerBladed vehicle pushing earth
- loaderOne who fills containers
- backhoeHinged-arm excavating machine
- craneLifter or wader
forklift · grader · scraper · compactor · trencher · dredger · conveyor · shredder
Discarded reusable iron and steel
- plasticsMoldable petroleum-based materials
- glassTransparent solid from sand
- paperPressed pulp for writing
- rubberElastic polymer from trees
textiles · electronics · batteries · copper · aluminum · steel · precious metals · rare earth
Act of correcting faults
- brownfieldPreviously developed, possibly polluted land
- decontaminationRemoving dangerous substances
- revegetationRestoring lost plant cover
- soil restorationReturning degraded earth to health
strip mining · quarry · tailings · erosion control · reforestation
Salvage storage site
- scrapyardSalvage lot for vehicles
- shipbreakingDismantling vessels for parts
- auto salvageReclaiming usable car parts
- dismantlingTaking apart systematically
stripping · cannibalize · spare parts · secondhand · resale · scavenger · picker · wrecker
activist
Vigorous cause champion
- advocatePublic cause supporter
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- reformerAgent of institutional improvement
trailblazer · changemaker · restorer · steward · conservationist · environmentalist · rights advocate
excavator
Machine that digs earth
- bulldozerBladed vehicle pushing earth
- loaderOne who fills containers
- backhoeHinged-arm excavating machine
crane · forklift · grader · scraper · compactor · trencher · dredger · conveyor · shredder · crusher
scrap metal
Discarded reusable iron and steel
- plasticsMoldable petroleum-based materials
- glassTransparent solid from sand
- paperPressed pulp for writing
rubber · textiles · electronics · batteries · copper · aluminum · steel · precious metals · rare earth · auto parts
remediation
Act of correcting faults
- brownfieldPreviously developed, possibly polluted land
- decontaminationRemoving dangerous substances
- revegetationRestoring lost plant cover
soil restoration · strip mining · quarry · tailings · erosion control · reforestation
junkyard
Salvage storage site
- scrapyardSalvage lot for vehicles
- shipbreakingDismantling vessels for parts
- auto salvageReclaiming usable car parts
dismantling · stripping · cannibalize · spare parts · secondhand · resale · scavenger · picker · wrecker
- salvagersscrap dealer, auto wrecker, wrecker
- bulk handlingbelt conveyor, hopper, silo, conveyor belt, grain elevator
- scavengersvulture, vultures, scavenger, hyena, hyenas
- secondhand shoppersthrifter, vintage collector, antique hunter
reclaimerabandoner
One who forsakes
relinquisher · surrenderer · forfeiter · renouncer · deserter
- reclaimed woodReused timber from demolition
- baggage reclaimAirport luggage retrieval zone
- reclaimed landGround taken from sea
- reclaimed materialsPreviously used items recovered
- nature reclaiming
- baggage reclaim areaAirport suitcase collection point
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