REUSE: To use again; recycle; to intercept, either directly or by exchange, water that would otherwise return to the natural hydrologic (water) system, for subsequent beneficial use ...
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
The three Rs of waste management strategies in order of importance or desirability. Reduce, reuse, recycle is the guiding principle behind waste minimization.
Recycling and Reuse Business Assistance Centers
Located in state solid-waste or economic-development agencies, these centers provide recycling businesses with customized and targeted assistance.
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Reuse
One form of recycling is the reuse of goods, especially bottles.
Reuse: See recycled water.
Reuse system: The deliberate application of reclaimed water for a beneficial or other useful purpose.
reuse - cleaning and/or refurbishing an old product to be used again.
Reuse- To find a new function for an item that has outgrown its original use; use again.
Sanitary Landfill- A landfill that has been designed and engineered to accept municipal waste while ensuring minimal negative impact upon the environment.
Reuse - before throwing away or recycling, a product that can be reused until its time to recycle.
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Solar energy - energy from the sun.
Reuse
the act of using an item more than once. For example, many supermarkets now have carrier bags which you can use over and over again, and some businesses deliver goods in reusable plastic crates.
Secondary packaging ...
Reused Materials: Goods used multiple times for the same function.
Shomrei Adamah: Meaning guardians of the earth, this phrase captures the Jewish belief that we are charged with the task of protection and renewal of the earth.
Reuse: Using a product or component of municipal solid waste in its original form more than once; e.g., refilling a glass bottle that has been returned or using a coffee can to hold nuts and bolts.
Reuse
The second-highest option in the waste hierarchy - recovering value from a discarded resource without reprocessing or remanufacture e.g.Garments sold though opportunity shops strictly represent a form of re-use, rather than recycling.
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REUSE To use a product repeteadly in the same form (e.g.: glass bottles, cloth diapers).
RS Railscrap.
Reuse - Process by which products are given a second (or third) life prior to disposal. Reuse is the second R in the Three R's process, and allows for the reduction of new products.
Reuse: use of a product, such as a softdrink bottle, in its original form more than once for the same purpose.
reuse Beneficially using a product or residuals, including a component of waste treatment, in some form more than once, e.g., refilling a glass bottle that has been returned or irrigating with treated wastewater.
To reuse things instead of throwing them away, your school can...
Set up boxes to collect scrap paper that has only been used on one side.
Always print, copy, and write on both sides of a piece of paper.
GLASS REUSE vs. RECYCLING (Environmental Article #144)
GLASS RECYCLING IS NOT NECESSARILY A SMASHING IDEA
Glass Bottle Packaging - Reuse vs. Recycling
TRICLOSAN / ANTIBACTERIAL SOAP (Environmental Article #143) ...
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle is Best Solution for Landfills
But getting people to sort their trash accordingly is another matter entirely.
Reuse whatever you can (like plastic supermarket bags). If you can't reuse something,
Recycle it!
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Land Reuse
The process of turning contaminated land into a clean, productive resource.
Land treatment ...
Recycle/Reuse: Minimizing waste generation by recovering and reprocessing usable products that might otherwise become waste (.i.e. recycling of aluminum cans, paper, and bottles, etc.).
"reduce, reuse, recycle": a slogan encouraging people to learn to reduce consumption and waste.
renewable energy: energy from sources that will never run out, such as solar, wind, geothermal, wave, tidal, ground source and biofuels.
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Community Reuse Plan
The basis for the proposed action and alternatives addressed in the DOD Component's EIS or other NEPA analyses.
Community Water System ...
Reuse The additional use of a component, part, or product after it has been removed from a clearly defined service cycle. Reuse does not include reformation. However, cleaning, repair, or refurbishing may be done between uses. ...
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Gray water reuse. Reuse, generally without treatment, of domestic type wastewater for toilet flushing, garden irrigation and other nonpotable uses. Excludes water from toilets, kitchen sinks, dishwashers, or water used for washing diapers.
Adaptive Reuse The process of renovating a building or site to include elements that allow a particular use or uses to occupy a space for purposes other than those initially intended.
Black water contains pathogens that must be neutralized before the water can be safely reused. Typically black water, after neutralization, is used for non-potable uses such as flushing or irrigation.
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(2) the EU waste strategy distinguishes between: reuse meant as a material reuse without any structural changes in materials; recycling meant as a material recycling, only, and with a reference to structural changes in products; ...
Companies redesign their products, or their products' delivery mechanisms, to make it easier to take back products and capture these used products' value through recycling, refurbishing, reuse or other means.
Using scrap fabrics is considered more eco-friendly than manufacturing new products and is often called "reuse".
the quantity of water not available for reuse. Evapotranspiration, evaporation, incorporation into plant tissue, and infiltration into groundwater are some of the reasons water may not be available for reuse. Compare nonconsumptive use.
The treatment of wastewater to make it suitable for a beneficial reuse, such as landscape irrigation. Also called water recycling.
Water table
The top level of water stored underground.
Waste Reduction: A process to reduce or eliminate that amount of waste generated at its source or to reduce the amount of toxicity from waste or the reuse of materials.
Recycling The recovery and reuse of a product which would otherwise be thrown away.
Refuse All forms of solid waste.
anaerobic igester"anaerobic digester = collector of gases from organic decomposition for the purpose of reuse in the production of heat or electricity
anthropogenic = attributable to human activity ...
Graywater - Wastewater from sinks, laundry, and car washes that can be collected and treated for reuse in such activities as watering landscape.
Recirculation Recycling water after it is used. Often it has to pass a wastewater purification system before it can be reused.
Reservoir A natural or artificial holding area used to store water.
Discharge of wastewater onto the ground for treatment or reuse.
Langelier Index (LI) ...
Tetrachloromethylene - This compound, also called perchloroethylene, is used for dry cleaning purposes; often it is recycled by the cleaners for reuse. [Water Research; v36; 1902-1908; 2002.] ...
A temporary storage device connected to a roof downspout, typically including a hose attachment to allow for reuse of rooftop runoff.
RAINFALL FREQUENCY SPECTRUM ...
Composite Material - Complex material made up of two or more complementary substances. Composite materials can be difficult to recycle (e.g. plastic laminates). They are best applied in situations where they can be removed for a reuse that does not ...
Most are pond systems that dispose of the total flow they receive by means of evaporation or percolation to groundwater, or facilities that dispose of their effluent by recycling or reuse (e.g., spray irrigation or groundwater discharge).
A land application technique that cleanses wastewater by allowing it to flow over a sloped surface. As the water flows over the surface, contaminants are absorbed and the water is collected at the bottom of the slope for reuse.
is radio-active waste which can take tens of thousands of years to break down in the environment (radio-active waste does not biodegrade, but breaks down through radio-active decay). Substances that are not biodegradable should be recycled or reused ...
 See also: Waste, Water, Environment, Reduce, Environmental
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