REUSE

Reuse

To reuse is to use an item again after it has been used. This includes conventional reuse where the item is used again for the same function, and new-life reuse where it is used for a different function. In contrast, recycling is the breaking down of the used item into raw materials which are used to make new items. By taking useful products and exchanging them, without reprocessing, reuse help save time, money, energy, and resources. In broader economic terms, reuse offers quality products to people and organizations with limited means, while generating jobs and business activity that contribute to the economy.

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reuse

Noun

  1. The act of salvaging or in some manner returning a discarded item into something usable.
  2. code re-use indicates splitting program code into modules or classes so it can be re-used by other programs. data re-use refers to legal rights to re-use for publication, data that one has downloaded or licensed from a third party.

Verb

  1. To use something that is considered past its usefulness, again (usually for something else).
    The students reused empty plastic bottles in their science experiment.


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