BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 21 hours agoGood morning I choose creativity and recycling.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1343arrow-down13
arrow-up1340arrow-down1imageGood morning I choose creativity and recycling.lemmy.worldBonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 21 hours agomessage-square45fedilink
minus-squareearphone843@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-26 hours agoNo, that’s reusing. Recycling is breaking down the product into materials so it can be used to make new stuff. The cycle in recycle means the production cycle.
minus-squarelengau@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 hours agoGiven that this is changing the product itself, it’s more repurposing than reusing, which I’d say fits between reuse and recycle.
minus-squareEddoWagt@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-244 minutes agoIt works better if you think about the raw materials rather than the whole product; Reduce the amount of plastic you use Reuse the plastic you already have Recycle the plastic you can’t use anymore
minus-squareearphone843@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 hours agoI guess it would technically be upcycling
No, that’s reusing. Recycling is breaking down the product into materials so it can be used to make new stuff.
The cycle in recycle means the production cycle.
Given that this is changing the product itself, it’s more repurposing than reusing, which I’d say fits between reuse and recycle.
It works better if you think about the raw materials rather than the whole product;
Reduce the amount of plastic you use
Reuse the plastic you already have
Recycle the plastic you can’t use anymore
I guess it would technically be upcycling