Yes, recycle. Reduce might be one too.
A word meaning to change a reusable metal would be recycle. This is a process where one material is changed into another to be used again.
Reusable is an adjective.
The word 'reusable' is an adjective, a word that describes a singular or a plural noun. Adjectives don't have singular or plural forms, they have comparisons: reusable, more reusable, most reusable.Take the reusable bag to do your shopping.The coffee shop doesn't have reusable cups and plates.
Another word that would mean re-consume would be reuse. The Global Reconsume Project was founded to help keep reusable items out of landfills.
We buy cloth napkins because they are reusable.
Recycle
One possibility is disposable.
Actually I wanted to know the answer to this myself but I figured it out and had the heart to tell people so... ... Recycle... ... That is the answer to know... ... A word meaning to change a reusable material.
These paper aren't reusable anymore.
Recycle comes from the word "cycle," which refers to something which goes around or repeats. The same root is found in bicycle and tricycle.
ice turned to water (melting) dissolving salt or sugar into water
Yes timber is reusable, because it is wood and wood is reusable.