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Success Story: Chair Made Out Recycled CDs

We’ve had a few success stories here at recyclingcds.com and one of our favourites has to be this building of a chair using 700 of our recycled CDs. Struggling for both time and CDs, A Level Design and Technology student … Continue reading

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Fujitsu uses recycled CDs / DVDs in its latest laptops

Fujitsu have today announced that they will be making laptops out of recycled CDs. The CDs / DVDs are made from polycarbonate, a type of plastic suitable for use in the bodies of notebook PCs. Moreover, they do not include … Continue reading

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11ft Horse made out of recycled CDs

This amazing horse sculpture is 11ft in height and was created using5000 recycled CD’s. Dean created this art-piece to demonstrate whatcan be achieved using reclaimed CD’s & to showcase his artistictalents. Dean had already created several large sculptures forschools & he felt it was time to showcase his talent to the art world.

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9th annual Environmental Rock festival will take place on Bank Holiday Monday 2nd May 2011

The 9th annual Environmental Rock festival will take place on Bank Holiday Monday 2nd May 2011 at The Hobbit in Bevois Valley!

The FREE daytime event, which has gone from strength to strength since it’s inception in 2003, attracts hundreds of visitors with its unique mix of music, environmental awareness, workshops and activities and ethical products for sale. 2011 promises to be the biggest and best event yet.

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3000 Recycled CDs in a field

Hydrock in Northampton, UK came to us looking for 3000 CDs to be used in a field to stop the birds nesting in the around one of their projects. See the pictures below, all CDs will be recycled into the plastics industry after they have finished with them.

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Recycling CDs Christmas Newsletter

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Recycling CDs. Look out for our sale starting next week Thursday 30th December 2010. If you are a budding photographer or see yourself as an artist why not sign up … Continue reading

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Walkers experiments with crisp packets made of potatoes

Recycled potato peelings could be used to make environmentally-friendly crisp packets, a leading snack firm has said. Walkers said it had already developed cellulose crisp bags made from wood pulp – but this resulted in “crackly” bags that might put … Continue reading

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Waste which should be recycled is ending up as landfill because it is not being separated enough.

Waste which should be recycled is ending up as landfill because it is not being separated enough. Thousands of tons of waste that was shown as having been recycled is ending up on council landfill sites. Bales of plastic bottles … Continue reading

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A throw away Culture – How much do we really recycle?

On average every person throws away seven and a half times their body weight each year. How much do you recycle?

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Fantastic Panda chair made out of recycled CDs

The Panda chair is made out of recycled CDs, 4232 of them. It looks stylish, modern and surprisingly comfortable eco chair. It was designed by Belén Hermosa as an eco design project.

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