downcyclev.

Brit.

/ˈdaʊnsʌɪkl/, U.S.

/ˈdaʊnˌsaɪk(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: down- prefix, cycle v.¹

Etymology: < down- prefix + cycle v.¹, after recycle v. Compare earlier upcycle v.

transitive. To reuse (waste material) to create a product of lower quality or value than the original. Cf. upcycle v.

ΚΠ

1995 T. J. Caporello Design for Environment Advisor for Product & Process Design Select. (Ph.D. diss., Arizona State Univ.) ii. 45 Recycling activity..can take many forms... Rubber tires can be ground up and downcycled into surfacing materials for roads.

1999 Atlantic Monthly Feb. 11/3 Less than 10 percent of recyclables collected in this country are downcycled.

2001 F. Popcorn & A. Hanft Dict. Future 138 Interface will come and pick up your existing carpet—even if you aren't replacing it with one of their products—and will, as they put it, ‘either recycle, downcycle, or repurpose it.’

2004 New Yorker 18 Oct. 123/1 Most of the materials we place on our curbs are merely ‘downcycled’—converted to a lower use, providing a pause in their inevitable journey to a landfill or an incinerator.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	downcycle
释义	downcyclev. Brit. /ˈdaʊnsʌɪkl/, U.S. /ˈdaʊnˌsaɪk(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: down- prefix, cycle v.¹ Etymology: < down- prefix + cycle v.¹, after recycle v. Compare earlier upcycle v. transitive. To reuse (waste material) to create a product of lower quality or value than the original. Cf. upcycle v. ΚΠ 1995 T. J. Caporello Design for Environment Advisor for Product & Process Design Select. (Ph.D. diss., Arizona State Univ.) ii. 45 Recycling activity..can take many forms... Rubber tires can be ground up and downcycled into surfacing materials for roads. 1999 Atlantic Monthly Feb. 11/3 Less than 10 percent of recyclables collected in this country are downcycled. 2001 F. Popcorn & A. Hanft Dict. Future 138 Interface will come and pick up your existing carpet—even if you aren't replacing it with one of their products—and will, as they put it, ‘either recycle, downcycle, or repurpose it.’ 2004 New Yorker 18 Oct. 123/1 Most of the materials we place on our curbs are merely ‘downcycled’—converted to a lower use, providing a pause in their inevitable journey to a landfill or an incinerator. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1995
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