Reclaim

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 and semi-arid regions
 * Mine reclamation, restoring land that has been mined to a usable state
 * Stream restoration, improving the environmental health of streams and rivers
 * Street reclamation, to increase non-car uses of streets

Materials

 * Reclaimed water, converting wastewater into water that can be used for other purposes
 * Mechanically separated meat, a paste-like meat product
 * Landfill mining, excavation and processing of materials from landfills
 * Materials recovery facility, a specialized plant that receives, separates and prepares recyclable materials
 * Refrigerant reclamation
 * Crumb rubber or reclaimed rubber, recycled rubber produced from automotive scrap tires
 * Reclaimed asphalt pavement, 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 previously dumped in the water
 * Reclaimed lumber, reuse of processed wood primarily for decoration and home building
 * Ecohouse, made with reclaimed materials

Politics

 * Reclaimed word or reappropriation, a pejorative word or slur used as an affirmation with positive connotation
 * Individual reclamation, the theft of resources by the poor from the rich
 * Reclaiming Patriotism, in Australia
 * Reclaim Australia: Reduce Immigration
 * Reclaim Australia, a far-right political party
 * Reclaim the Streets, anti-car/pro-public-spaces movement
 * Reclaim the Dream commemorative march, in the US
 * Reclaim The Records, a movement to increase availability of public records in the US
 * "Reclaiming my time", a phrase used by Maxine Waters
 * Reclaiming Health and Safety For All, a report in the UK
 * Reclaim Party, 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
 * Citizenship reclamation, part of the German Citizenship Project
 * United States Bureau of Reclamation, a federal agency which oversees water resource management
 * Newlands Reclamation Act, a 1902 United States federal law that funded irrigation projects
 * Reclamation fund, 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 1977 law in the US
 * Three Kids Mine Remediation and Reclamation Act, a 2013 law in the US
 * RECLAIM Act, a proposed 2017 mining reclamation law in the US
 * Regional Clean Air Incentives Market (RECLAIM), an emissions trading program in California

Religion

 * Center for Reclaiming America for Christ
 * Reclaiming (Neopaganism), 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 in the UK
 * Rehabilitation (penology), 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, Illinois, US
 * Riverside Park Water Reclamation Facility, Spokane, Washington, US
 * Thomas P. Smith Water Reclamation Facility, Tallahassee, Florida, US
 * Tillman Water Reclamation Plant, 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 Reclaim, an eco-friendly feature phone with a sliding keyboard
 * Reclaimer, a machine used to handle bulk materials
 * Baggage reclaim in airports, see also Baggage carousel
 * HMS Reclaim
 * USS Reclaimer (ARS-42), a 1945 salvage ship
 * Reclaim helmet, 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 in socialism
 * Reclaimed Space, an American company