Saturday, September 17, 2011

All about Upcycling

We talk a lot about upcycling in this blog but not a lot of people don't know what exactly upcycling is. If you're one of those people, read on!


To quote Cara Smusiak in her post about upcycling in Naturally Savvy, Upcycling is 
"taking something that you would otherwise throw out and finding a way to make it into something else." 
She explains further the difference between recycling and upcycling: "upcycling maintains or improves the quality of the materials" while recycling downgrades the materials that are reused.


There are a myriad of ways to upcycle different sorts of "waste". It's all up to your imagination and creativity to reuse something that could potentially have added to to the landfills! To get you started, here is a list of 100 Amazing Upcycling Ideas you could use.


If you don't want to start upcycling yourself, why don't you buy some of Gifts and Graces many upcycled products? Not only will you be helping the environment, you would also be helping provide a dignified income to one of our partner marginalized communities!


Here are just some of our upcycled products:


Upcycled from Scrap Fabric
 Retaso Pillow
 Coffee Sleeves
Retaso Travel Set: Passport Holder, Luggage Tag & Checkbook Holder

Upcycled from Juice Packs
Juice Pack Bag

Upcycled from Magazines
Magazine Tote Bag

Upcycled from Phone book Pages
Stackable Directory Bowls

Upcycled from Old Flour Sacks


Harina Tote Bag

To see more of our upcycled products visit our showroom/office at:
Unit 131 Milelong Building, Amorsolo St, Makati City
or call 759-2525 or email us at: marketing@giftsandgraces.com

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