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Templates relating to the history of China, including both the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the current Republic of China (ROC, "Taiwan"). The pages listed in this category are templates . This page is part of Wikipedia's administration and not part of the encyclopedia.
Reuse is the action or practice of using an item, whether for its original purpose (conventional reuse) or to fulfill a different function (creative reuse or repurposing). It should be distinguished from recycling , which is the breaking down of used items to make raw materials for the manufacture of new products.
For templates relating specifically to the People's Republic of China (PRC) or the current Republic of China (ROC, "Taiwan"), see People's Republic of China templates and Taiwan templates, respectively.
Kitchen utensils have many unique repurposing opportunities. [14] Beverage bottles: Water bottles may be repurposed for solar water disinfection. Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew is a Buddhist temple in Thailand made from one million discarded beer bottles. Removed house parts, like doors, also have countless potential repurposing applications. [15]
Adaptive reuse is defined as the aesthetic process that adapts buildings for new uses while retaining their historic features. Using an adaptive reuse model can prolong a building's life, from cradle-to-grave, by retaining all or most of the building system, including the structure, the shell and even the interior materials. [5]
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.
Trencadís (Catalan pronunciation: [tɾəŋkəˈðis]), also known as pique assiette, broken tile mosaics, bits and pieces, memoryware, and shardware, is a type of mosaic made from cemented-together tile shards and broken chinaware. [1] [2] Glazed china tends to be preferred, and glass is sometimes mixed in as well, as are other small materials ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pieces of murals were also broken off for use as fertilizer by the locals. ... China's aggressive ...