{
  "id": 5503537,
  "title": "Seoul upcycling event gives discarded items second lives",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/seoul-upcycling-event-gives-discarded-items-second-lives",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-04T06:07:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/20260904/seoul-upcycling-event-gives-discarded-items-second-lives"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Discarded picture books, worn crayons, and fabric scraps will undergo a transformation at Seoul's upcoming upcycling festival. The Earth Regeneration Project, organized by Seoul Water Recycling Facilities Corp., will take place from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday at the outdoor plaza of the Seoul Water Recycling Experience Center. This event coincides with Resource Circulation Day, a legal observance aimed at promoting environmental protection and recycling. Alongside the exhibition \"Water That Goes Around,\" which showcases the journey of water, the festival seeks to extend that concept beyond water. Visitors can create environmentally friendly bookmarks from recycled paper, decorate pouches with discarded banners, and craft items using sea glass collected as marine waste.",
  "summary": "Discarded picture books, worn-down crayons and scraps of fabric will get a new life this weekend as Seoul hosts an upcycling festival built around a simple idea: What people throw away can become something useful again. Seoul Water Recycling Facilities Corp. said Friday that it will hold the Earth Regeneration Project from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at the outdoor plaza of the Seoul Water Recycling…",
  "key_points": [
    "Discarded items get second life at Seoul upcycling festival",
    "Earth Regeneration Project organizes event at Seoul Water Recycling Experience Center",
    "Visitors create bookmarks, decorate pouches, craft with sea glass"
  ],
  "editors_take": "This upcycling festival marks a shift in environmental efforts, turning attention from just water conservation to a broader approach that includes creative reuse of discarded materials.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Seoul upcycling event gives discarded items second lives",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/seoul-upcycling-event-gives-discarded-items-second-lives-5508773",
        "published": "2026-09-04T07:02:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}