UPCYCLING

PRONUNCIATION: (UHP-sy-kling)

MEANING: noun: The conversion of a discarded object into something of even higher value.

ETYMOLOGY: A blend of up + recycling. Earliest documented use: 1994.

NOTES: Some examples of upcycling are turning old tires/tyres into a bench, old shoes into flower pots, and so on. The ultimate in upcycling is turning an old airplane into a house or a hotel.

Reduce, reuse, recycle is the mantra for the modern times where people are called “consumers”. Recycling is good. Upcycling is better. Bicycling is best. What about upcycling a bicycle?
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UNCYCLING - throwing away your old Schwinn

UPCYCLINE - brand name for that new antibiotic whose generic name is "pentacycline"

UMPCYCLING - the baseball officials rotate around the bases, changing each inning