When I first started my blog about recycling, I though
recycling included making anything discarded and turning into a new item
Well, it seems I was wrong and I admit it!
Upcycling is transforming an old disused item into a new and
usable and even saleable item
While there may be those who upcycle just for the pleasure of
knowing they are doing their bit to help save the environment, there will be
others who sell the finished item as well as gaining the same pleasure
Only recently I saw a photograph of an upcycled item made
from disused wooden pallets, which had been turned into a plant holding troughs
that could be fattened to a garden fence
Someone else displayed a garden chair made from wooden pallets,
with instructions on how to make your own
Although I don’t know whether either item were on sale, or if
the instructions were to be free or whether there was a fee to pay
One novel idea I came across, made full use of upcycling, by
using empty drinks cans and drilling and placing them together to make solar panels,
the finished items became a green product for sale
Because of the amount of time involved in refining and producing finished
ready to use solar panels
Someone I meet through eBay, produced mood drums from empty calor
gas drums, but decided to produce further drums without the use of those drums
as they were too heavy
Sometime laterwhile visiting Moseley village they had a farmer's market and arts and crafts stalls too
With one where they had somehow flattened glass bottles, still with the label on and some had been converted into clocks
Sometime laterwhile visiting Moseley village they had a farmer's market and arts and crafts stalls too
With one where they had somehow flattened glass bottles, still with the label on and some had been converted into clocks
