No, the cycle doesn’t close if you turn one product into a different one. Recycling is melting one bottle and turning into a new bottle. If you turn one product into a lower quality one, it’s downcycling. Unless you are very proud of what you did, than it’s 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.
No, the cycle doesn’t close if you turn one product into a different one. Recycling is melting one bottle and turning into a new bottle. If you turn one product into a lower quality one, it’s downcycling. Unless you are very proud of what you did, than it’s upcycling
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
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