repurposed materials
Salvaged items transformed
Repurposed materials are items diverted from their original function to serve a new purpose.
Old shipping pallets become furniture, wine bottles become lamps, industrial drums become planters.
The term appears frequently in discussions of sustainability and creative reuse: The art installation was made entirely from repurposed materials.
Unlike recycled materials, which are broken down and reprocessed, repurposed materials retain their basic form while finding new life.
- recycledConverted waste into material
- upcycledCreatively remade from waste
- reduce reuse recycleWaste minimization principles
- salvagedRescued from destruction
- reclaimedTaken back; salvaged
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repurposed materialsnon-renewable resources
Materials consumed faster than formed
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