Recycling, Upcycling and Downcycling: what's the difference?

Recycling, Downcycling and upcycling. You've heard these terms but like most people, you have no idea what the difference between these words is. Downstream recycling is basically industrial processing to make garbage into an end product again. Upstream recycling tries to get as little garbage as possible to a landfill or even a recycling factory. Manufacturers do upcycling when they decrease the amount of packages that comes with a product. You can upcycle yourself when you sell your clothes to a second hand shop or give it away to charity.

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Downcycling and Upcycling