Tagastatud ja kandmiskõlblikud teksad disainitakse ümber väärtustava taaskasutuse meetodiga ja müüakse unikaalse vintage paarina, millele on lisatud endise omaniku nimi.
Upcycling activities are influenced by the particular social, economic and political context in which they take place. Two extremes are upcycling driven by necessity to meet basic human needs, for example using waste materials to construct shelters in informal settlements, and upcycling as an art or craft to make objects of beauty.