demanufacture

A process of recycling that involves the dismantling and/or disassembly of an item to gain the maximum amount of recyclable materials.

The Parties define the life cycle of electronic equipment broadly to include acquisition, design, manufacture, assembly, distribution, use, reuse, demanufacture, and recycling. (from the Sustainable Environmental Stewardship of Federal Electronic Assets" PDF signed 11-15-2004)

... other demand documents, and clerical procedures required in effecting the manufacture or demanufacture of field units as directed by higher authority.

To recycle material using this process

An RPS is a network of transportation logistics and processing functions that collect, recycle, refurbish, and demanufacture end-of-life products.