I like this word. Very apropo. I had an instructor in college by the name of "Elegant". She was a poet...and I think the name fit, though she married into the family of Elegants.
Do you mean Recycle it. What a grand idea! I love the creative process, especially making something old into a new creation, and embracing it as your own.
It is elegant and dainty. I don't put junk up for auction... well, what is it they say? "One man's trash is another man's treasure"? These are only my "trash" becasue I don't wear jewelry.