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