… The term downcycling is often used anecdotally to describe … Here, we identify six meanings
of the term downcycling as … and more specific terminology, we define downcycling as the …

… Footnote 11 ” or “downcycling”, sometimes simply referred to … be upcycled infinitely, whereas
“downcycling”, or “recycling” … if a material is upcycled or downcycled, three key factors are …

… Thus, this study aims to explore what upcycling is, how such terminology is defined and …
Though the concept of downcycling is appearing frequently around the concept of upcycling, it is …

… An example of downcycling would be the emblematic case of most PET bottles, trays and …
is clearly downcycling. The interviews highlighted the need to add this notion of downcycling …

… downcycling. Using Japan as a case study, our analysis shows that most steel scrap is currently
downcycled into … Under a strict carbon budget, such downcycling practices could limit the …

… These issues lead to the downcycling of aluminum, ie, in other words, the reduction in the …
-rich phases in order to reduce the shortcomings of downcycling. However, a solid mechanical …

… terminology of downcycling. The authors pointed out the lack of a definition of downcycling,
… , and proposed the following definition: “Downcycling is the phenomenon of quality reduction …

… Given the rise in downcycling plastics for use in construction, the goal of the present review
was to document use of plastic waste in construction and determine what is known and to …

… This section introduces the terminology of slowing, closing, … ” and “downcycling” to
demonstrate that downcycling does not … “Downcycling” thus implies that a material is reprocessed …

… Downcycling is a term that describes the imperfections in the recycling process. … terminology
for downcycling" the authors describe four main properties that appear through downcycling: …