1 . To upcycle something is to take a used object and change it to a new function.
Recycling usually breaks down the material that an object is made from    1    it is made into something else. By that means it wastes plenty of energy.     2    recycling, upcycling just uses something in a new way without reprocessing     3    material it's made from. In addition to being    4    energy-saving, another major benefit of upcycling is     5    it reuses items made of materials which couldn't be dealt with by traditional recycling methods. When something is upcycled, nothing,     6    very little, is thrown away, with every component part having a potential use.
An upcycled product is generally    7    higher value than the materials or objects which are used to create    8    , like metal ring pulls becoming pins or earrings, low-value coins becoming cufflinks(袖扣), and so on.