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Clothing is designed to withstand wear and tear, constant washing and even a few rough tumbles. A couple of stains or holes are just “bruises” on the fabric — not the end of its life.
Old t-shirts are excellent for DIY projects, great for lint-free cleaning, and all sorts of arts and crafts. We spoke to some home decor, craft, and DIY experts for ideas for what to do with old t ...
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.
One way to address this is to increase product longevity; either by extending a product's first life or addressing issues of repair, reuse and recycling. [2] Reusing products, and therefore extending the use of that item beyond the point where it is discarded by its first user is preferable to recycling or disposal, [3] as this is the least energy intensive solution, although it is often ...
Throw away or try to repurpose (one-of-a-kind art, anyone?) any books, puzzles or games with missing or broken pieces. Keep an eye out for broken crayons, dried out markers or any incomplete toy sets.
A woman in Ghana wearing a dress made of repurposed waste. Trashion is a philosophy and an ethic encompassing environmentalism and innovation. Making traditional objects out of recycled materials can be trashion, as can making avant-garde fashion from cast-offs or junk. It springs from a desire to make the best use of limited resources.
Plus: smart tricks for making your treats last longer.
Visible mending is a form of repair work, usually on textile items, that is deliberately left visible (compare to invisible mending).The dual goals of this practice are to adorn the item, and to attract attention to the fact it has been mended in some way.