What you’re describing is just giving/loaning/borrowing which don’t start with R but still contribute to a moneyless value economy which is still great for improving the efficient sharing of the resource pool toward desirable ends
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Brekky@lemmy.world 2 days agoIs that true? I thought recycling was giving new purpose to an old object. Reuse to me implies another person using the object but in the same way it was originally intended.
SeptugenarianSenate@leminal.space 2 days ago
earphone843@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
No, that’s reusing. Recycling is breaking down the product into materials so it can be used to make new stuff.
lengau@midwest.social 2 days ago
Given that this is changing the product itself, it’s more repurposing than reusing, which I’d say fits between reuse and recycle.
EddoWagt@feddit.nl 2 days ago
It works better if you think about the raw materials rather than the whole product;
Reduce the amount of plastic you use Reuse the plastic you already have Recycle the plastic you can’t use anymore
earphone843@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
I guess it would technically be upcycling
lugal@sopuli.xyz 2 days ago
No, the cycle doesn’t close if you turn one product into a different one. Recycling is melting one bottle and turning into a new bottle. If you turn one product into a lower quality one, it’s downcycling. Unless you are very proud of what you did, than it’s upcycling
Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 2 days ago
sad Kreb cycle face