UPCYCLE & RECYCLE - THESE TWO TERMS ARE SIMILAR IN NATURE BUT CAN ALSO BE CONFUSING TO SOME, INCLUDING ME, UNTIL I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE SUBJECT. WHEN PRODUCTS ARE RECYCLED, I.E. PLASTIC & GLASS, THEY ARE FIRST BROKEN DOWN OR CRUSHED INTO SMALL PIECES. A CHEMICAL PROCESS IS THEN USED TO CONVERT THEM INTO NEW PRODUCTS USING OTHER RESOURCES. RECYCLING IS COSTLIER THAN UPCYCLING AND THE NEW PRODUCTS MADE FROM RECYCLED MATERIALS ARE INFERIOR IN QUALITY THAN THE ORIGINAL PRODUCTS.
UPCYCLED PRODUCTS DO NOT REQUIRE DOWNGRADING THE ORIGINAL PRODUCT AND THERE IS NO POLLUTION DURING THE UPCYCLE PROCESS. ALSO, UPCYCLING RESULTS IN GOODS OF EQUAL OR BETTER VALUE.
AT ABE'S MARKET YOU CAN FIND MANY PRODUCTS MADE FROM UPCYCLED MATERIALS THAT MAKE GREAT GIFTS. HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES:
UPCYCLED RUG WOVEN FROM PLASTIC BAGS
UPCYCLED CASHMERE TOY HOLDER
UPCYCLED LAPTOP SLEEVE
BUTTERFLY EARRINGS
STARDUST VI EARRINGS
BAMBOO BATH SHEETS
WALLETS FOR MEN & WOMEN
THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE UPCYCLED ITEMS YOU CAN FIND AT
ABE'S MARKET.
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