reclaim

claim back

of materials from waste products

bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one

• “The Church reformed me”
• “reform your conduct”

make useful again; transform from a useless or uncultivated state

• “The people reclaimed the marshes”

overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable

• “He tames lions for the circus”
• “reclaim falcons”