How to Use upcycle in a Sentence

upcycle

verb
  • Have your children grab an old pair of jeans and upcycle them into a lunch bag.
    Andrea Silen, National Geographic, 10 Mar. 2020
  • Come up with creative ways to upcycle your products and sell them to your customers.
    Shane Barker, Forbes, 7 June 2022
  • Bahnsen first launched bags in 2021 as part of the brand’s upcycling initiative, called Encore.
    Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2023
  • King Charles is upcycling royal decor, all in the name of charity.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2023
  • Learn where to find affordable goods and how to upcycle them to boost your income quickly.
    Kat Brancato, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Utilizing this method to upcycle the manure can help both save trees and manage waste.
    Charlotte Hu, Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2018
  • But there are lots of other ways to upcycle your Apple tablet or phone and keep using it every day.
    Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 25 May 2020
  • This isn’t a new concept, of course, from upcycling old jeans into shorts and using the excess for patches to dyeing clothes with fruit.
    Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 31 Oct. 2023
  • But the best eco-friendly strategies, Piper says, are upcycling your current pieces or thrifting used items.
    Jenna Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Students will bring in a denim jacket or jeans and learn to upcycle a piece of clothing with embroidery.
    Sarah Hauer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Dec. 2021
  • Featuring a slew of emerging designers, many of whom who upcycle their goods, the pop-up will run until June 8.
    Sara Radin, Teen Vogue, 17 May 2019
  • And the opportunity of going into the theater's archives to choose old pieces and upcycle them in the costumes process.
    Erik Maza, Town & Country, 31 Aug. 2023
  • There are many ways to upcycle your wardrobe, but this TikToker has taken her remixed fashion to a whole new level with backpacks!
    Essence, 29 Oct. 2021
  • McLaughlin gets paid by brands to upcycle their products for her social media channels.
    CNN, 5 Jan. 2022
  • Novak had been in the heating, venting and air conditioning business for two decades when a leftover piece of pipe sparked the idea to attempt to upcycle it into a light fixture.
    Nikki Delamotte, cleveland.com, 27 June 2017
  • But once an item is damaged or unwearable, it is upcycled into new products.
    Kaitlin Marks, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Asked to upcycle an unloved tee, Cheng decided the best option would be to dye it with natural materials.
    Steff Yotka, Vogue, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Since 2013, students at Pratt Institute have had to upcycle clothes into new designs.
    Ray A. Smith, WSJ, 14 Apr. 2018
  • The Hoxton opened last spring, upcycling a ho-hum '70s building into a kinetic homage to the district's early-20th-century heritage.
    Rick Jordan, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Feb. 2024
  • These days, he can mostly be found in Hasle harbor, rescuing old fishing boats from the scrap heap, and upcycling them for use as accommodation.
    Isabelle Kliger, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Put those pieces to good use by upcycling them as your greenhouse organization system.
    Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 27 June 2023
  • What better way to upcycle old shipping pallets then by displaying your liquor collection on them?
    Good Housekeeping, 15 Aug. 2018
  • Founding their studio on upcycling vintage furniture, Obradovic and Basedow have made a name for themselves as specialists in resin and concrete.
    Damon Johnstun, oregonlive, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Part of the show will feature the work of another group of designers who will upcycle deastock Public School fabrics to fashion new garments.
    Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 19 Apr. 2022
  • In essence, the existing structures would be upcycled into new buildings and additional construction could make the campus twice as dense.
    Curbed, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Whiskertin originated when Novak, who had been in the heating, venting and air conditioning business for two decades, saw a leftover piece of pipe and wanted to upcycle it into a light fixture.
    Nikki Delamotte, cleveland.com, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Our food and nutrition pros love that the revolutionary brand upcycles the whole cacao fruit, including the shell, fruit, and beans, to create its innovative products.
    Good Housekeeping, 20 June 2023
  • Instead, the tents — rescued from a dumpster and upcycled by activists — are sheltering migrants, many of them asylum seekers, who recently arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2023
  • The particles could even be upcycled into other objects going forward.
    Devika Rao, The Week, 11 July 2023
  • Specializing in prom and wedding attire for men and women, while upcycling fabrics and garments, Vaughn creates custom clothing for any occasion.
    Cassell Ferere, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024

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