A substance that, because of the chemical reactions it causes, is used in analysis and synthesis. Read more..

Recovery rate refer to the percentage of usable recycled materials that have been generated from the total amount of municipal solid waste in a specific area or industry. Read more..

Probably the most familiar symbol that denotes if an item can be recycled is the Mobius loop. The symbol is intended for use only on goods that are capable of being recycled, if a facility exists, but it has no precise meaning and is often misused., Read more..

Recycled Materials are products manufactured from the resources previously existing in waste; recycle polyester cotton is one example of a recycled material. Read more..

Read cast is the organic blue, which is also known as happy days, has a slightly reddish tint. It was used by Levi’s to make the Big E. The dying formula originally included some real corn syrup.

Red lines are a term used by collectors to determinate jeans made before 1986, which have a red line running up the seam.

Red Tab is the embodiment of Levi’s. Levi’s Red Tab Men’s Jeans, encapsulates the originality and definitiveness which flow from the first pair of five pocket jeans ever created

Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) set up by the UNDP, REDD is a multi-donor trust fund, pooling resources in an effort to create a financial value for the carbon stored in forest. Read more..

Refashioned is a terminology used to describe a novel use of upcycled materials and crafting dead stock (materials not wanted or usable) of the high-speed society and transforming, stitched, patched into unique hand-made clothes. Refashioned is a philosophical and intellectual avant-garde creation using upcycled materials in a playful way.

Reforestation is a conversion of non-forested land to forested land by direct human-induced conversion, seeding or planting trees of natural sources. Read more..

Reinforcement fabrics is a term to describe a system that used fibre to stabilize soil mass in the construction of steep slopes and retaining wall. This reduces stress on the retaining wall furthermore, decrease simultaneously load-bearing requirements for the design. Read more..

Remote sensing is the art or science of telling something about an object without touching it (reconnaissance at a distance) It includes various methods of obtaining pictures or other forms of electromagnetic records of the Earth’s surface from a distance, and the treatment and processing of the picture data. Read more..

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Renewable feedstock is a term used to describe a nature-based feedstock that has minimal negative impact or interference on the ecosystem, and that has the unique property to manifest itself again in nature relatively shortly (months to a few years) rather than in a very long time (hundreds or thousands of years). Read more..

Resilience is a term used to describe a fabric or materials ability to return to the original state after being deformed over prolonged continuation; important aspects of endurance are wrinkle resistance recovery from wrinkles, loft (compressional resistance), sharp retention and crease retention. Read more..

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Resilience is the ability of an ecological or social system to obtain disturbances while retaining the same basic structure and ways of functioning, the capacity for self-organization, and the productivity to adapt to change and stress. Read more.

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Retting is a microbial process that breaks the chemical bonds; it allows that hold the stem together, and separation of the bast fibers can happen. This separation needed if linen, flax or hemp fibres are to be used in textile. The two traditional types of retting are field and water retting. Read more..