10 класс UOE

Ever since the world economic crisis there has been a trend for television programmes and magazine articles about how to (1) ……………………… on our spending and save money. 

. They advise us on how to eat good food on a budget and how to spot a (2) ……………………… 

Home maintenance programmes now tell us how we should do more with less. One popular recent trend is for something called upcycling. Everyone knows we (3) ……………………… to be recycling more, but what exactly is upcycling? 

The idea is that you take something that in the past you

(4) ……………………… have thrown out and you create something with it that has a new purpose, for example, making a sofa out of an old bath.

You (5) ……………………… be particularly creative to upcycle and there are many websites with tips on how to do it. 

Of course, there’s nothing new about ‘make do and mend’ but now people are seeing the aesthetic value of these objects as well and top designers are getting in on the act. There

(6) ……………………… a number of reasons for this growing interest in upcycling

For some people it’s about saving money while for others it’s a way to make some extra

(7) ……………………… . 

People are also more conscious about the environment these days and believe that we

(8) ……………………… do more to deal with the problem of waste. Upcycled products are slow to make so they can’t really be serious competition to mass-produced items but the trend is likely to continue.