Meanings of salvaged materials in English

Around 150km north of Perth, Wedge is a community of weather-beaten shacks built from salvaged materials and driftwood.

The salvaged materials become the property of the contractor, who has a right to sell or dispose of them as he sees fit.

Besides providing additional flotation, the plank's other purpose was to help the runner bring salvaged materials back to the beach, assuming he recovered any.

The Oxfam documentary said another 276,000 families have had no reconstruction help and are living in shelters built from polythene sheets and salvaged materials.