{"id":15915,"date":"2023-01-28T16:18:54","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T15:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/how-we-can-reduce-our-impact-on-the-planet\/"},"modified":"2023-02-14T16:19:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T15:19:32","slug":"how-we-can-reduce-our-impact-on-the-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/news\/how-we-can-reduce-our-impact-on-the-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"How we can reduce our impact on the planet"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Circular economy<\/h4>\n<p>Imagine a world in which raw materials are infinitely available and waste is no longer a problem. This is the goal of the circular economy &#8211; an economic system in which raw materials are reused as much as possible and waste is kept to a minimum. In this system, waste is no longer regarded as waste, but as a valuable resource that can be reused.<\/p>\n<h4>Upcycling<\/h4>\n<p>Upcycling is part of the circular economy and focuses on reusing waste and discarded materials to create new products. The difference between upcycling and recycling is that recycling processes materials into raw materials that can be used again, while upcycling preserves the product in its original form as much as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Upcycling is a great way to reduce waste while creating unique and stylish products. It is a movement that is gaining more and more attention and is inspiring more and more people to think creatively about using waste.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>God for the environment<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>One of the biggest benefits of upcycling is that it reduces waste. This reduces the pressure on the rubbish heaps and reduces greenhouse gas emissions, as waste processing is one of the main contributors to these gases.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, upcycling is also good for the environment, since a lot of energy and raw materials are required for the production of new products. By reusing waste and discarded materials, these raw materials are saved and less energy is used.<\/p>\n<h4>But also hip and stylish<\/h4>\n<p>Upcycling is not only better for the environment, but it is also affordable and stylish. Many people are surprised by the unique and attractive products that can be made through upcycling. Just look at our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/shop\/producten\/laptoptas\/\">laptopbags<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/shop\/producten\/rugzak\/\">backpacks<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/shop\/producten\/notitieboek\/\">accessories<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/shop\/product\/elegant-eagle\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7493 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/21EW04WINGS3009MB-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/21EW04WINGS3009MB-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/21EW04WINGS3009MB-1030x686.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/21EW04WINGS3009MB-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/21EW04WINGS3009MB-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/21EW04WINGS3009MB-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/21EW04WINGS3009MB.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/shop\/product\/rugzak-funky-falcon\/\">\u00a0 \u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7463\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/21EW04WINGS2931-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/21EW04WINGS2931-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/21EW04WINGS2931-1030x686.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/21EW04WINGS2931-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/21EW04WINGS2931-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/21EW04WINGS2931-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/21EW04WINGS2931.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Upcycling is a great way to contribute to the circular economy and reduce impact on the planet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Circular economy Imagine a world in which raw materials are infinitely available and waste is no longer a problem. This is the goal of the circular economy &#8211; an economic system in which raw materials are reused as much as possible and waste is kept to a minimum. In this system, waste is no longer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":15854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,257],"tags":[595,590,591,593,594,306,592],"class_list":["post-15915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-reflections","tag-circular-products","tag-eco-friendly-upcycling-en","tag-environmental-friendly","tag-giving-new-life-to-products","tag-recycled-material","tag-sustainability-en","tag-waste-reduction"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How we can reduce our impact on the planet - Ecowings<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/news\/how-we-can-reduce-our-impact-on-the-planet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How we can reduce our impact on the planet - Ecowings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Circular economy Imagine a world in which raw materials are infinitely available and waste is no longer a problem. This is the goal of the circular economy &#8211; an economic system in which raw materials are reused as much as possible and waste is kept to a minimum. In this system, waste is no longer [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/news\/how-we-can-reduce-our-impact-on-the-planet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ecowings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EcoWIngsNL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-01-28T15:18:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-02-14T15:19:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/stapel-oude-banden.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"857\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Beheerder\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@EcowingsNL\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@EcowingsNL\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Beheerder\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/news\/how-we-can-reduce-our-impact-on-the-planet\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/news\/how-we-can-reduce-our-impact-on-the-planet\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Beheerder\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/973c11e793ba24492d88202b9bbcaa10\"},\"headline\":\"How we can reduce our impact on the planet\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-28T15:18:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-14T15:19:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/news\/how-we-can-reduce-our-impact-on-the-planet\/\"},\"wordCount\":308,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/news\/how-we-can-reduce-our-impact-on-the-planet\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/stapel-oude-banden.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"circular products\",\"eco friendly upcycling\",\"environmental friendly\",\"giving new life to products\",\"recycled material\",\"sustainability\",\"waste reduction\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"Reflections\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/news\/how-we-can-reduce-our-impact-on-the-planet\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/news\/how-we-can-reduce-our-impact-on-the-planet\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/news\/how-we-can-reduce-our-impact-on-the-planet\/\",\"name\":\"How we can reduce our impact on the planet - Ecowings\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/news\/how-we-can-reduce-our-impact-on-the-planet\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/news\/how-we-can-reduce-our-impact-on-the-planet\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/stapel-oude-banden.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-28T15:18:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-14T15:19:32+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/news\/how-we-can-reduce-our-impact-on-the-planet\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/news\/how-we-can-reduce-our-impact-on-the-planet\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/news\/how-we-can-reduce-our-impact-on-the-planet\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/stapel-oude-banden.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/stapel-oude-banden.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":857},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/news\/how-we-can-reduce-our-impact-on-the-planet\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"How we can reduce our impact on the planet\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Ecowings\",\"description\":\"Professional handmade upcycled tyre tube bags\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ecowings\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo-ecowings-durable.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo-ecowings-durable.png\",\"width\":216,\"height\":156,\"caption\":\"Ecowings\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EcoWIngsNL\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/EcowingsNL\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ecowings_nl\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/ecowingsnl\",\"https:\/\/nl.pinterest.com\/ecowings\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCZe7fU4R706Ovyuq7feSBLA\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/973c11e793ba24492d88202b9bbcaa10\",\"name\":\"Beheerder\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"How we can reduce our impact on the planet - Ecowings","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/news\/how-we-can-reduce-our-impact-on-the-planet\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"How we can reduce our impact on the planet - Ecowings","og_description":"Circular economy Imagine a world in which raw materials are infinitely available and waste is no longer a problem. This is the goal of the circular economy &#8211; an economic system in which raw materials are reused as much as possible and waste is kept to a minimum. In this system, waste is no longer [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/news\/how-we-can-reduce-our-impact-on-the-planet\/","og_site_name":"Ecowings","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EcoWIngsNL","article_published_time":"2023-01-28T15:18:54+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-02-14T15:19:32+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":857,"url":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/stapel-oude-banden.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Beheerder","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@EcowingsNL","twitter_site":"@EcowingsNL","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Beheerder","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/news\/how-we-can-reduce-our-impact-on-the-planet\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/news\/how-we-can-reduce-our-impact-on-the-planet\/"},"author":{"name":"Beheerder","@id":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/973c11e793ba24492d88202b9bbcaa10"},"headline":"How we can reduce our impact on the planet","datePublished":"2023-01-28T15:18:54+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-14T15:19:32+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/news\/how-we-can-reduce-our-impact-on-the-planet\/"},"wordCount":308,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/news\/how-we-can-reduce-our-impact-on-the-planet\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/stapel-oude-banden.jpg","keywords":["circular products","eco friendly upcycling","environmental friendly","giving new life to products","recycled material","sustainability","waste reduction"],"articleSection":["News","Reflections"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/news\/how-we-can-reduce-our-impact-on-the-planet\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/news\/how-we-can-reduce-our-impact-on-the-planet\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/news\/how-we-can-reduce-our-impact-on-the-planet\/","name":"How we can reduce our impact on the planet - Ecowings","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/news\/how-we-can-reduce-our-impact-on-the-planet\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/news\/how-we-can-reduce-our-impact-on-the-planet\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/stapel-oude-banden.jpg","datePublished":"2023-01-28T15:18:54+00:00","dateModified":"2023-02-14T15:19:32+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/news\/how-we-can-reduce-our-impact-on-the-planet\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/news\/how-we-can-reduce-our-impact-on-the-planet\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/news\/how-we-can-reduce-our-impact-on-the-planet\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/stapel-oude-banden.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/stapel-oude-banden.jpg","width":1200,"height":857},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/news\/how-we-can-reduce-our-impact-on-the-planet\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"How we can reduce our impact on the planet"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/","name":"Ecowings","description":"Professional handmade upcycled tyre tube bags","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/#organization","name":"Ecowings","url":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo-ecowings-durable.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/logo-ecowings-durable.png","width":216,"height":156,"caption":"Ecowings"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EcoWIngsNL","https:\/\/x.com\/EcowingsNL","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ecowings_nl\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/ecowingsnl","https:\/\/nl.pinterest.com\/ecowings\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCZe7fU4R706Ovyuq7feSBLA"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/973c11e793ba24492d88202b9bbcaa10","name":"Beheerder"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15854"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ecowings.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}