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From Trash to Treasure

Every day _____________ lunch, Jamie enjoys a soft drink and has a decision to make:

What should he __________ with the empty can?

Many people would _____________, "Recycle it!"

Obviously, ______________ is good for many reasons.

We can reduce the amount of trash _____________ away, use less energy than we would to make new products, and conserve natural resources by recycling.

However, recycling is not a perfect way to ___________ waste.

It still requires large amounts of energy to ____________ used resources and convert them into new products.

So, what about trying to ______________ reuse, or "upcycle," them instead?

This new approach is becoming more popular ___________ it is even more environmentally friendly than recycling.

______________, it can also be fun!

Here are some _____________ examples of how people have creatively upcycled old, used things.

Through upcycling, a seemingly ____________ object can be transformed into something completely different that is useful for everyday life.

What do you think can __________ with old truck tarps, car seat belts, and bicycle inner tubes?

Individually, these things ___________ like trash, but with a little imagination the Freitag brothers, Markus and Daniel, repurpose them for something totally new: very strong bags.

These bags are perfect for bicyclists going to work every day in all kinds of _____________.

Similarly, a man named Kyle Parsons and his partners have been creatively ___________ old motorcycle tires from Bali, Indonesia.

A shocking number of tires get thrown away there every year, and they are a serious environmental problem since they cannot ________________ or be recycled.

To solve this problem, Parsons and his team _________ turning them into sandal bottoms.

They then use canvas and natural _____________ to make the other sandal parts. What a great reuse of resources!

Along with small everyday items, much bigger things can also be upcycled—even old buildings that cannot be used for their original _____________ anymore.

The German government showed us an excellent example of this with a former steel plant _________ closed in 1985.

Rather than destroy the plant's buildings or ______________ the entire facility, they decided to give it new meaning as a series of useful public structures.

Many of the buildings kept their original shapes, but _______________ extra equipment and new designs in their surrounding areas.

For instance, old gas tanks ____________ pools for divers.

Concrete walls of iron storage towers were ____________ into ideal training fields for rock climbers.

Can you believe a building for melting metal is now a viewing platform with a ____________ 360-degree view?

The final _________ is the Landscape Park Duisburg Nord.

It has almost 570 acres of land ____________ with gardens, cycling paths, and pretty lights at night, in addition to its creatively repurposed buildings.

This park proves that it’s possible to _____________ the heritage of a place as well as the environment.

When artists add their own creative touches, things that most people consider junk are ____________ as beautiful works of art.

The giant pictures made from trash by environmental artist Tom Deininger are ______________.

Up close, these brightly colored creations look like a mixed-up mess of broken plastic, unwanted toys, and bent wire—all things that cannot _____________.

From ____________ away, however, they appear to blend together into marvelous landscapes or other paintings.

There is also an artist who shows _________ even disposable cups can be reused as artistic material.

For years, Gwyneth Leech has _____________ used coffee cups into brilliant art exhibits.

After a cup is used by someone, she paints a unique design on it and ___________ it with many other painted cups in front of a window or pretty background.

These works from Leech and Deininger are not only pleasing to the eye, but they also naturally _____________ an interest in environmental conservation in people.

As you can see, creative thinking __________ the power to make many positive changes to the environment.

By giving old products more value, we can ____________ the amount of waste in a way that is even more eco-friendly than recycling.

So what would you say to Jamie now as he decides _________ to do with his cans?

Perhaps he could ___________ them to make lanterns, toys, or sculptures for his friends and family.

The options are __________, and all he needs is a little creativity to think of them.

In the same way, stop and think before you _____________ something out.

Who knows? Maybe you can turn __________ trash into treasure.