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Upcycling: “It’s taking something that you would otherwise throw out and finding a way to make it into something else.”
The first recorded use of the term upcycling was by Reiner Pilz of Pilz GmbH in an interview by Thornton Kay of Salvo in 1994.
Upcycling is the opposite of downcycling, which is the other half of the recycling process. Downcycling involves converting materials and products into new materials of lesser quality. Most recycling involves converting or extracting useful materials from a product and creating a different product or material - Wikipedia.
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Thanks for the feedback Ashwin, we will be adding more info to this section. What sorts of things would you like to know more about?
I would like to know things like:
when was the blog started? Why and by whom?
Where/how did you all learn about “upcycling”?
From what countries or parts of the world do most of your featured stories come from?
What seem to be the most popular “mainstream” kind of upcycle ideas?
That’s all I’ll post for now.
Thanks!
Great ideas. Keep them coming!
I have an upcycling idea that I wanted to share. I build aquariums out of old iMac computers.
Hi Jake, sounds great. You can send us a mail at [email protected]
i love this! please add me to an email list for when you expand your offerings. i think this could be a great source of inspiration for me. thank you!