To upcycle something is to take a used object and change it to a new function.
Recycling usually breaks down the material that an object is made from 小题1: it is made into something else. By that means it wastes plenty of energy. 小题2: recycling, upcycling just uses something in a new way without reprocessing 小题3: material it's made from. In addition to being 小题4: energy-saving, another major benefit of upcycling is 小题5: it reuses items made of materials which couldn't be dealt with by traditional recycling methods. When something is upcycled, nothing, 小题6: very little, is thrown away, with every component part having a potential use.
An upcycled product is generally 小题7: higher value than the materials or objects which are used to create 小题8: , like metal ring pulls becoming pins or earrings, low-value coins becoming cufflinks(袖扣), and so on.
