Upcycling
Upcycling turns the waste of one system into a usable resource for another. It is named as one of the concrete ways the Framework's sustainability commitment gets carried out, alongside non-toxic recycling.
Discussing Metabiosis within Commensalism, the book states: 'This resonates with the Sustainability motto, as it represents a form of industrial or material upcycling, where the "waste" of one system becomes the foundational resource for another' (Ch7 §077). Under the Sustainability motto directly, it lists 'actively closing material loops through effective, non-toxic recycling and creative upcycling strategies' among its concrete sustainability commitments (Ch9 §096).
Related in Community
Entries this one is tied to through the book.
Examples
- Orange Fiber · both placed under Metabiosis (Habitat Creation)
- Brundtland Report ("Our Common Future") · discussed together in section 096
- Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) "Seventh Generation" Principle · discussed together in section 096
- Jugaad · discussed together in section 077
- MOTH (More-Than-Human Rights) Program (NYU) · discussed together in section 096
- Reading Nest (Mark Reigelman) · discussed together in section 077
Methods
- Industrial Symbiosis · both placed under Metabiosis (Habitat Creation)
- Closed-Loop · discussed together in section 096
- Decolonial Design · discussed together in section 096
- Design for Disassembly · discussed together in section 096
- Frugal Innovation · discussed together in section 077
- Life-Cycle Thinking · discussed together in section 096
- Modular Design · discussed together in section 096
- Regeneration · discussed together in section 096
- Regenerative Design · discussed together in section 096
In the Framework
- Commensalism · relation
- Sustainability
In the book
- Chapter 7, section 077 · Commensalism [+,=]
- Chapter 9, section 096 · Sustainability - An Ethical Obligation Across Time, Species, and Justice
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Methods