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up·cy·cling
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Upcycling
Upcycling, also known as creative reuse, is the process of transforming by-products, waste materials, useless, or unwanted products into new materials or products perceived to be of greater quality, such as artistic value or environmental value.
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Upcycling
Upcycling is the process of converting waste materials or useless products into new materials or products of better quality or for better environmental value. The first recorded use of the term upcycling was by Reiner Pilz of Pilz GmbH in an article by Thornton Kay of Salvo in 1994. We talked about the impending EU Demolition Waste Streams directive. "Recycling," he said, "I call it downcycling. They smash bricks, they smash everything. What we need is upcycling- where old products are given more value, not less." He despairs of the German situation and recalls the supply of a large quantity of reclaimed woodblock from an English supplier for a contract in Nuremberg while just down the road a load of similar blocks was scrapped. In the road outside his premises, was the result of the Germans' demolition waste recycling. It was a pinky looking aggregate with pieces of handmade brick, old tiles and discernible parts of useful old items mixed with crushed concrete. Is this the future for Europe?
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upcycling
Is the act, art, creativity and process of changing and transforming furniture, materials or products into new and improved materials, furniture or products.
Upcycling is a popular form of creativity for people in their homes, some have turned this creativity and skill into a business to empower their love of this art.
Submitted by MaryC on November 14, 2016
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of upcycling in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of upcycling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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