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    weaker—and less useful—product. Downcycling is related to but different from 'open-loop recycling'. While downcycling implies quality loss the term open-loop...
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    environmental value. Upcycling is the opposite of downcycling, which is the other part of the recycling process. Downcycling involves converting materials and products...
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  • strategy, and that more changes need to be made. The book discourages downcycling, but rather encourages the manufacture of products with the goal of upcycling...
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    mixed with raw materials to become a new product, typically leading to downcycling. Ideal closed-loop systems produce no waste. They are called "closed"...
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    Biomaterial Commodity Conflict resource Critical mineral raw materials Downcycling List of building materials Marginal factor cost Material passport Materials...
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    Northern Ireland United States Concepts Circular economy Dematerialization Downcycling Durable good Eco-industrial park Ecological design Extended producer...
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  • compatibility that maintains the known flaws Computer compatibility Downcycling Future proofing Repurposing Tulach, Jaroslav (2008). Practical API Design:...
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    reinforcing bar, and other products that require little cold working. Downcycling of steel by hard-to-separate impurities such as copper or tin can only...
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    for colored glass entering the re-melt process. Another example is the downcycling of plastic, where products such as plastic food packaging are often downcycled...
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    plastics, resulting in inferior performance in recycled products and in “downcycling” of the materials. It appears that plastics with brominated flame retardants...
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    There are categories or types of recycling that can be done: upcycling, downcycling, closed-loop, and open-loop recycling. Upcycling is the process of using...
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    dyes used in colouring fibers or rubbers used in the sole of a shoe. Downcycling is the reuse of materials into lesser products. For example, a plastic...
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  • America's Nuclear Future China's waste import ban Cleaner production Downcycling Eco-industrial park Extended producer responsibility High-level radioactive...
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    All-electric mode Battery Battery fade Converting existing vehicle to electric Downcycling of end-of-life e-automotive batteries Electric power Electric velomobiles...
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