Upcycle
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Upcycling involves processing new materials into new products, or the re-use of a product with crippled functionality for alternative purposes, to prevent waste of potentially useful materials, reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, reduce energy usage, reduce air pollution (from incineration) and water pollution (from landfilling) by reducing the need for "conventional" waste disposal, and lower greenhouse gas emissions as compared to virgin production, with the intent of creating a product of higher quality design and artistic value.
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[edit] History
The term upcycling is used by William McDonough and Michael Braungart, authors of Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things.
Perhaps one of the oldest forms of upcycling is the re-use of interchangeable parts for various products.
[edit] Limitations of upcycling
Sometimes, when physical resources have geometric incompatibilities, some jury rigging has to be done.
[edit] Health concerns
- Food items pose a health risk when they age; so for health reasons, it is mandatory to dispose of them.
[edit] See also
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