Blackburn College students upcycle Rovers kits into fashion pieces

Blackburn College students upcycle Rovers kits into fashion pieces

Blackburn College fashion students transform old Rovers kits into a bold streetwear collection for charity.

Company teaches community to turn trash to treasure

RANDBURG, South Africa – Amid a well-known stretch of antique shops that line Long Road is the storefront for a company called Upcycle that makes the old new again.  Upcycle creates and sells a wide selection of items handmade from non-recyclable waste. While upcycling may sound similar to recycling, there is actually a difference between the two. “Recycling is when you are going to turn your plastic into another [raw material],” said Gabi Thero…