User:Beetlebailey335/sandbox

Article evaluation

I read the article about upcycling. They did a good job on staying on point and only saying facts, they didn't throw random stuff into their article and they didn't share any opinions. Checked a couple of their sources and some of the links were to articles that aren't around any more so they just went to a dead page. There are also a lot of sources with no link so you can't be redirected to the page. There is a bit, but not a lot, of talking going on in this page. It is a C rated article so there is definitely room for improvement. The article is part of the wiki environmental project, and part of the industrial design project.

Lead

Upcycling is a term for breaking down waste or unwanted product and making something better with it. It can be confused with downcycling, which is another form of recycling, where you break it down and make something lesser with it.

With Food

Billions of pounds of food are wasted every year around the world, but there are good ways that people reuse the food and find a way to upcycle. A way that is used very often is to feed it to animals because a lot of animals, such as a pig, will eat all the scraps you give it. People can donate their food waste and restaurants can save all the food the customers don't eat and they can donate that as well by contacting your local county agricultural extension office to find out where to donate it and telling them how often and how much you can donate.

Another form of upcycling food would be to break it down and use it as energy. Engineers have found a way to break the food down into a reusable bio-fuel by pressure cooking it and then they are able to make methane out of the remains which can be used to produce a lot of electricity and heat.

When the food isn't used in those ways, another way is to just break it down and use it in compost, which will improve the soil. Pretty much any type of food waste, such as fruits, vegetables, egg shells, nuts, and nut shells, can be used in compost to make it richer soil.

PEER REVIEW

Hi there. I was going over your assigned article after reading your evaluation. Right after the description of 'Upcycling', there is an indent with a paragraph that seems to be a long quote. I am a little confused about where that quote is from and why it is placed right there at the top. Also, is the quote a bit too long for Wikipedia? I feel like one of the tutorials said something about using quotes or lengthy quotes. I just question whether that should be there or not. Also, I linked my article Food_rescue to your article because after reading your article it seems to me that the processes and procedures in rescuing food is a type of upcycling or possibly downcycling but I'm sure which but meant for reuse instead of landfill-bound. Colenyj (talk) 19:22, 10 May 2018 (UTC)