reusable

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Reusable means made to be used many times over. A reusable cup, reusable bags, reusable packaging.

It only helps if it is actually reused enough times to pay back the extra material in making it, which for a cotton bag runs to dozens of uses and for some cups to hundreds. That break-even point is the whole question and is often left out.

Definitions of reusable

1adjectivereusableMade to be used many times over.B1+
“Bring a reusable bottle so you don't have to buy plastic ones.”

reusable is a quality.

Where it comes from

From reuse + -able.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Containers & Packaging

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reusable in the wild

The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S.
Space Shuttle
There remain many instances where a ELV may still have a compelling use case over a reusable vehicle.
Expendable launch system
ELVs are simpler in design than reusable launch systems and therefore may have a lower production cost.
Expendable launch system
A reusable launch vehicle has parts that can be recovered and reflown, while carrying payloads from the surface to outer space.
Reusable launch vehicle
Smaller parts such as fairings, boosters or rocket engines can also be reused, though reusable spacecraft may be launched on top of an expendable launch vehicle.
Reusable launch vehicle

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