Skip to main content

SAGE Social Science Thesaurus

Search from vocabulary

align
annotate
download

Concept information

... > social science subjects > geography > Earth science > environmental science > consumption and waste > waste issues and solutions > downcycling
... > other subjects > natural sciences > Earth science > environmental science > consumption and waste > waste issues and solutions > downcycling

Preferred term

downcycling  

Definition

  • Downcycling is the reprocessing of material into a new product of reduced quality or value. The reduction in value of the new material results in the use of the material for an alternative, but potentially similar, purpose. [Source: Encyclopedia of Consumption and Waste: The Social Science of Garbage; Downcycling]

Broader concept

Belongs to group

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-X3VZ9FFT-D

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD