salvaging

/S AE1 L V IH0 JH IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    (of property, people or situations at risk) to rescue.

  2. 2

    (of discarded goods) to put to use.

  3. 3

    To make new or restore for the use of being saved.

noun
  1. 1

    The act by which something is salvaged.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salvage, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/salvaging