What is Reuse

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It means using of the object or material again and again for the same purpose or for different purpose without altering the form of the product. Learn more in: Innovations in Recycling for Sustainable Management of Solid Wastes

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Action that allows to use again the goods or products that were already discarded and thus give them a new use, reducing the amount of waste generated. Learn more in: Implementation of Circular Practices in Small and Medium Enterprises in Developing Countries

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Using the unnecessary goods again for another purpose. Learn more in: Sustainable Waste Management

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Overlaps with other terms like “uptake,” “adoption,” “adaptation,” “modification,” and “dissemination.” Learn more in: Reusability of Online Role Play as Learning Objects or Learning Designs

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Is the action or practice of using something again, whether for its original purpose (conventional reuse) or to fulfil a different function. Reduce, reuse, and recycle (R3) are the three essential components of environmentally responsible consumer behavior. Learn more in: Reusability of Ashes for the Building Sector to Strengthen the Sustainability of Waste Management

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To capture excess or remaining volumes for redistribution. Learn more in: A Paradigm Shift: Empowering Farmers to Eliminate the Waste in the Form of Fresh Water and Energy through the Implementation of 4R+T

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Using the discarded goods again, using some circuits in thrown away cell phones. Learn more in: Integrated Waste Management

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Reuse (software) is a process where a technology asset (such as a function or class) is designed and developed following specific standards, and with the intent of being used again. Learn more in: Business Model Application of UML Stereotypes

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A practice of continuous usage of an item for a particular or different purpose. Learn more in: Youth Entrepreneurship in the Circular Economy

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Refers to the process of retrieving an object from a repository and using it for a purpose similar to the original purpose for which the object was designed. Learn more in: Guidelines for Developing Learning Object Repositories

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Using a product again for a purpose similar to the one for which it was designed. Learn more in: Reverse Logistics in the Electronics Waste Industry

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The use of a pre-existing learning object created for a particular educational context in a new educational context. Learn more in: A Learning Design to Teach Scientific Inquiry

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Using a product in its original form more than once. Learn more in: Antecedents of Green Consumerism

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Reuse (software) is a process where a technology asset (such as a function or class) is designed and developed following specific standards, and with the intent of being used again. Learn more in: Object-Oriented Software Reuse in Business Systems

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Reuse describes the activities of identification, generalization, development, and management which support practitioners utilizing existing assets vs. building from scratch. Learn more in: Governance and the Open Source Repository