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Upcycling: Re-imagining Our Waste: Upcycling Business

The concept of upcycling makes a lot of cents.  Why spend money and resources on something new (expensive, wasteful) when a perfectly good alternative already exists (cheap resourceful)?  While this idea spreads through the global community and indivduals begin to benefit, business has begun to see the value in the old.  Everyone from green cleaning companies to fashion designers to artists and now even cell phone companies are seeing the green, in going green.

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    Upcycling hits The New York Times

    This article about Terra Cycle appeared on April 29, 2009 in The New York Times: ‘Upcycling’ for Not-So-Green Consumers By most accounts, a growing number of consumers appear willing to pay the...

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    Close the Loop on Waste Plastics, Tires & Glass

    Close the Loop was founded in 2000 with the goal to build the market for recycled products made in the USA from waste plastics, tires & glass; help people & the planet along the way. ...

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Emiliana Underware

Emiliana Knickers is a little enterprise in England turning old stretch clothing like T-shirts, dresses, or fabric samples into lovely new underpants. EmmaThese knickers are handmade at home on my domestic sewing machine and are made by...

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