1. General comments
In contrast to reuse (Second-hand trade) and restoration (Repair), reclamation – or recycling as has it has been called since the 1970s – implies the utilization of materials or products that are no longer needed or usable in the form of so-called scrap or secondary raw materials. In the early modern period, there were many overlaps and close relationships between these areas.
Overall, large segments of the early modern economy were marked…