Recycling, Downcycling and Upcycling
Basically the common word from these three words denotes cycling i.e. practice of maintaining a circle.
Recycling:
- To sort and collect rubbish in order to treat it and produce useful materials that can be used again
- Keep it on the same level
- Why is recycle important?
- Features of recycling
Upcycling:
- To recycle (something) in such a way that the resulting product is of a higher value than the original item
- To create an object of greater value from (a discarded object of lesser value)
- To raise the quality
- converting unnecessary waste products, unwanted items to new materials of higher quality with artistic or environmental value.
- Increases value of waste
- Quality unchanged
- Why is upcycle important?
- Aesthetically appealing
Downcycling:
- Decrease the quality
- Why Downcycle is important?
- Extracts valued place
- Quality degrades