I am not sure of all my years of watching the Olympics have I ever really thought about the style of the medals. I guess I always thought they had some sentimental, patriotic slant to them, or were the Plain Jane’s of the events, letting the victories and dramas of the competitors take center stage. [...]

Upcycling is the process of converting waste materials or disgraded products into new products of better quality at a higher environmental value. In other words, one person’s trash, is upcycled into treasure.
It is believed that the first use of the term “upcycling” was by Reiner Pilz of Pilz GmbH.  In an interview by [...]