Cannibalising, Breaking up a vehicle or machine to use components for another vehicle, e.g. the radio, wheels, engine and radiator of a car into other cars., Freecycling, Taking something abandoned or thrown away by someone and using it for its original purpose, e.g. a sofa which you take home to put in your own sitting-room or a garden chair that you put in your own garden., Scavenging, The generic verb to describe searching through rubbish to find anything of value – or in nature, eating dead animals., Preserving, Drying meat, salting fish, pickling vegetables, fermenting milk, or making jam from berries., Repurposing, A way of finding a new use for something, for example turning old mattress springs into a gate., Upcycling, Finding a new use for something which is more valuable or beautiful than its original function., Foraging, Searching for wild food , usually in a natural environment., Dumpster diving, Looking for anything usable in a skip or bin.

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