IF IT QUACKS LIKE A DUCK.....

Okay, kids, I just visited a blog (which shall remain nameless) about "repurposing".  It is full of dressers which have been repainted, and baskets which have been repainted, and tables which have been repainted.....you get the idea.

NEWS FLASH!!!!  Turning a dresser into a dresser is not "repurposing".

To reclaim:  to rescue from and undesirable state.

So, when you find that nasty old coffee table and you clean it up, sand it, and repaint it so that you have and un-nasty new-appearing coffee table, you have RECLAIMED it.  Bravo!

To recycle:  to convert waste into reusable material or return material to a previous stage in a cyclic process.

Sound complicated?  Well, just picture all of those glass bottles in the landfill being crunched up so their glass molecules can be used again to make new bottles, or even household products such as kitchen tiles and countertops.  Like metals, glass can be recycled endlessly.

To repurpose:  to find another use for an item.

Now, the magic begins.  Found a barn door and turned it into a table?  Voila!  Repurposed.  Took some old factory spools and stacked them to make a way-cool candle holder???  You got it.  Repurposed.  

(yes, repurposing is a form of recycling)

Peace,

N