We love sharing our ideas, and once again, Upcycle has been featured in the June issue ofIdeas Magazine. For this particular article, we taught readers 4 crafts and all from yourhumble 2ltr empty milk bottles.
Read More →Upcycle joined Green Peace Johannesburg to show, Soweto residents and their kids, how to make shopping bags from old t-shirts. Zero Plastic Weeks is an important week because it highlights the need to reduce our use of plastic and where possible, to eliminate the manufacture of plastic altogether. Plastic remains one of the most harmful […]
Read More →What a lovely weekend at the Joburg Flower & Garden Show.Three days of being ourdoors, teaching people the value of junk! It’s always a delight when you can show people how easy it is to turn waste into art.The flower show was no exception. Allowing visitors to get a glimpse into our business was extremely […]
Read More →“Gardener Ntuthuko Ngwenya sweeps in front of the Tree of Life mosaic yesterday at the Booysens Hotel In Johannesburg. The Mosaic, organised by Upcycle, was created to celebrate Arbour Day and is said to be the largest plastic-bottle art piece in the city.”
Read More →Upcycle Fashion is on a mission to contribute to a global reduction of waste through creative solutions. We invite Students, Artists and Businesses to find creative uses for items reclaimed from the waste stream all while exposing just how much waste is created through our daily lives. We hope to foster a generation of considerate […]
Read More →There was an initial clean up of illegally dumped waste done by the Johannesburg Roads Agency,City Parks and Pikitup. They simultaneously cut back the tremendous amount of overgrowth inthe area. Then, on the day, the Upcycle team, together with local residents cleaned the wastethat was left.Staff from Thaba Eco Hotel joined Upcycle and the local […]
Read More →Upcycle has been working closely with the pupils and teachers of Risidale Primary Schoolhelping collect water bottles, which in turn, will be filled and delivered to farms andfamilies, in the Freestate, in need of water in drought stricken areas. As we try to prevent plastic bottles ending up in landfills we are always coming up […]
Read More →Our very own Mpho Motsi from Upcylce is joining forces with the talented Zazu to showcase a limited number of their fashion design items in a pop- up store environment at Upcycle’s premises on Saturday 6th July. Mpho and Zazu met in college where they were both studying fashion design at The London International School of […]
Read More →Upcycle has in response to critical measures required, through its innovation hub of Upcycle Creative, quickly restructured its resources, capacity & redistribution of staff to work at home. Innovation of creating new products from the core principal of the Upcycle way – utilising “waste” products that would usually make landfill because of branding right restrictions […]
Read More →(Dihlabeg Muncipality) is a small farming town and arts colony 43 km north of Ficksburg in the Free State province of South Africa which was founded in 1908. It has become a popular tourist destination, known for spectacular scenery, including the surrounding mountains, and is home to a community of artists and small business owners. Rosendal-Mautse is a pleasant and relaxed place to […]
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