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"Upcycling" is a way of reducing waste by turning it into something different and usually more valuable, e.g. furniture or artwork.
"Upcycling" is a way of reducing waste by turning it into something different and usually more valuable, e.g. furniture or artwork. While many upcycling ideas are interesting ways to prolong a product's life before it ends up in the trash, be aware that this trend - as many others - [https://makezine.com/2015/04/22/careful-upcycle/ has some critical side effects when promoted blindly and many artists are making their materials much less recyclable than they were before...]


== Inspiration ==
== Inspiration ==

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"Upcycling" is a way of reducing waste by turning it into something different and usually more valuable, e.g. furniture or artwork. While many upcycling ideas are interesting ways to prolong a product's life before it ends up in the trash, be aware that this trend - as many others - has some critical side effects when promoted blindly and many artists are making their materials much less recyclable than they were before...

Inspiration