Upcycling - Is There Any Use for Them?

Hops can be used in a variety of ways, from food applications to perfumes or essential oils. The energy that goes in to recycling a can needs to be less than it takes to make a new one. What's the cost? Is it actually hurting the environment more than we are by just upcycling the material? We're going to start talking about the difference between alpha acids and iso alpha acids.