Upcycling

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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. Upcycling is a subset of the recycling process. Recycling typically involves remaking items back into their original design. Upcycling is a process that instead adds value to a newly created product. Downcycling, however, is an opposing recycling process that degrades waste materials into new products of lower quality. Both processes of recycling help reduce landfill waste. Applications of upcycling include art, music, fashion, food, and technology.

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