YIUCO
All about upcycling
Yiuco is the place where we develop, ideas and actions concerning the exploitation, upgrading of transformation of “useless” or waste materials and products into new materials or products of better quality or better environmental value. This is Upcycling, a cyclical economy, is the effort to minimize losses by closing the circle of materials and energy.
Is achieved through long lasting design, maintenance, repair, reuse and remanufacturing. Creates jobs, saves resources, prevents waste and protects the environment.
Our goal is to inform, educate and organize actions with your participation. To think, design and create new, longer-lasting products that will be recycled more easily and reused instead of ending up as waste.
Expert advice and in-depth features for upcycling
Plastic fantastic
Tomaas is a New York based fashion and art photographer who catched the Plastic Fantastic series of images. The model is staged with various plastic items such as
This is upcycling! Washing machine drums into art installation
"A Midsummer Night’s Dream" is lighting up Portugal’s São João de Deus Street, for the sake of 2016 Saint Peter Festival. Teatro Metaphora, a Madeira-based NGO collected over a hundred landfill-bound washing
The art of the dicarded plastic bottles by Aurora Robson
Aurora Robson is an artist and an environmental activist. Discarded plastic and recycled cut- up bottles are the main matterials of her artwork. Robson’s work raises awareness about
The Book Igloo
Who said that we need bookcases anymore? Get creative with your books. Need an inspiration? Do you love reading books and you already have collected so many that you
Donna McCullough's Vintage Can Dresses
Donna McCullough is an artist who creates sculptural dresses out of upcycing. Named as "The Drill Team", all dresses are made out of gas and oil cans ,