# 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