When I first started my Blogger blog about recycling, I thought recycling included making anything discarded and turning it 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 transforming it into a 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 gain 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 was on sale 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 met through eBay produced mood drums from empty calor gas drums but decided to produce further drums without the use of those drums which were inclined too heavy as a practical musical instrument
Sometime later while 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
These are just a few items that used the upcycle method, if you know of any others, please leave details in the comment box to help would-be enterprising up-cyclers
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