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Downcycling is recycling where the recovered material is of lower quality than that obtained from primary sources and hence | Downcycling is [[Glossary:Recycling|recycling]] where the recovered material is of lower quality than that obtained from primary sources and hence unsuitable for more demanding applications. For example, recycled plastic may contain contamination from its previous use and hence cannot be used for food packaging, and steel from scap cars can be used to make steel girders but not high quality engineering steels. Most recycling is in fact downcycling. | ||
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Downcycling is recycling where the recovered material is of lower quality than that obtained from primary sources and hence unsuitable for more demanding applications. For example, recycled plastic may contain contamination from its previous use and hence cannot be used for food packaging, and steel from scap cars can be used to make steel girders but not high quality engineering steels. Most recycling is in fact downcycling.