Upcycling

Upcycling is when you reuse discarded objects or materials to relate a product of higher quality or value than the original.

We should upcycle because it reduces the amount of waste that is dumped into landfill and conserves the resources meaning that we don’t have to get new resources.

Make do and mend is to manage with and repair the possessions that one already has rather than buying replacements.

Nicole McLaughlin is very big in the upcycling movement, she has her own website where she sells her own upcycled clothes.