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Repurposing is the use of a tool being re-channeled into being another tool, usually for a purpose unintended by the original tool-maker. Typically, repurposing is done using items usually considered to be junk, garbage, or obsolete.
One way to address this is to increase product longevity; either by extending a product's first life or addressing issues of repair, reuse and recycling. [2] Reusing products, and therefore extending the use of that item beyond the point where it is discarded by its first user is preferable to recycling or disposal, [3] as this is the least energy intensive solution, although it is often ...
) is a Canadian franchised residential and commercial junk removal company operating in the United States, Canada, and Australia. [2] The company's business model consists of taking junk or trash haulage, and giving it a "clean" image through branding and marketing. 49°15′58.50″N 123°05′03.66″W / 49.2662500°N 123.0843500°W ...
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A landscaper-turned influencer who works to trim the lawns of neighbors in need has raised more than $380,000 for an elderly woman. Wichita, Kan.-based lawn care and power-washing company SB ...
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Venice Biennale installation by Małgorzata Mirga-Tas (2022) - artistic upcycling of old textile materials. While recycling usually means the materials are remade into their original form, e.g., recycling plastic bottles into plastic polymers, which then produce plastic bottles through the manufacturing process, upcycling adds more value to the materials, as the name suggested.
Many terms are used to refer to people who salvage recyclables from the waste stream for sale or personal consumption. In English, these terms include rag picker, reclaimer, informal resource recoverer, binner, recycler, poacher, salvager, scavenger, and waste picker; in Spanish cartonero, chatarrero, pepenador, clasificador, minador and reciclador; and in Portuguese catador de materiais ...