reclaimers
Those who retrieve
Reclaimers are people or machines that reclaim something—that is, bring it back to a usable or proper state.
The term applies broadly: environmental reclaimers restore damaged land, industrial reclaimers recover materials from waste streams, and in video games like Halo, Reclaimers are humans destined to inherit ancient technology.
The reclaimers worked to restore the strip-mined hillside.
Bulk material reclaimers move stockpiled coal onto conveyor belts.
Salvage lot for vehicles
- junkyardSalvage storage site
- wreckageDestroyed remains of something
- debrisScattered broken fragments
- dismantlingTaking apart systematically
stripping · scrapping · recycling · upcycling · repurposing · reuse · components · metal
Advocates for nature preservation
- conservationistsAdvocates for protecting nature
- advocatesThose who support causes
- championsContest winners, top performers
- defendersThose who shield others
protectors · stewards · guardians · custodians · preservers · ecologists · rangers · wardens
Act of correcting faults
- reforestationReplanting depleted woodlands
- revegetationRestoring lost plant cover
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- wetlandsWater-saturated terrain
brownfield · ecosystem · habitat · watershed · soil · erosion · contamination · cleanup
scrapyard
Salvage lot for vehicles
dismantling · stripping · scrapping · recycling · upcycling · repurposing · reuse · components · metal · disassembly
environmentalists
Advocates for nature preservation
- conservationistsAdvocates for protecting nature
- advocatesThose who support causes
- championsContest winners, top performers
defenders · protectors · stewards · guardians · custodians · preservers · ecologists · rangers · wardens · caretakers
remediation
Act of correcting faults
- reforestationReplanting depleted woodlands
- revegetationRestoring lost plant cover
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
wetlands · brownfield · ecosystem · habitat · watershed · soil · erosion · contamination · cleanup · rewilding
excavator
Machine that digs earth
- bulldozerBladed vehicle pushing earth
- crusherDevice reducing solids smaller
- shredderDevice destroying documents
compactor · baler · grinder · loader · backhoe · dredger · conveyor · sorter · pulverizer · chipper
reclaimerswasters
Those who misuse resources
disposers · dumpers · polluters · abandoners · destroyers
reclaimersabandoners
Those who forsake others
surrenderers · yielders · renounces · deserters · abdicators
- reclaimed woodReused timber from demolition
- reclaimed landGround taken from sea
- reclaimed materialsPreviously used items recovered
- reclaimed brickPreviously used clay block
- reclaimed waterTreated sewage for reuse