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Competition Time!

December 08 Competition

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Recycling Fashion

Adeptly ignoring the fashion magazines and High Streets which constantly dictate the purchase of brand new items every season in order to keep up with the latest fashions and trends, we need spend very little money to keep warm and stay stylish throughout the seasons.

Learning to Sew: Spending a few pounds on sewing needles and threads is a wise investment indeed and learning how to use them effectively is even better. This allows us to repair any damages our clothes may suffer as well as re-fit and reconstruct them as our size, need or indeed fashion changes…

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New Artist: Harlequin

Let me introduce you to the latest recruit to our RecyclingCDs Artists collective. Harlequin’s designs vary from astrological star-signs to images of Che Guevara and Green man…

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Plastic Recycling: Co-op

Good news from: Sarah Dryden, New Consumer, 25Jul08 “The Co-operative Group has become the first retailer in the UK to roll out 100% rPET plastic bottles across its entire own-brand range of carbonated drinks and mixers. The move to 100% … Continue reading

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Urban Canvas Review

Last month we informed you that Urban Canvas would be undertaking a live interactive exhibition in New Street Square. RecyclingCDs popped down to peruse and meet the team. Phil & Cath are as lovely as they are creative and did … Continue reading

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Greener Kew

From: Greener Kew via LCRN “Kew traders have got together with the Kew Society and decided to make Kew a greener place. Abolition of the free plastic bag culture that has caused so much damage, particularly to the world’s ocean … Continue reading

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From UK to India and back

From UK recycling bins and charity shops to India’s recycling factories and workshops. How one garment becomes another in wonderful pictures from The Guardian, May 2008. “May 23 2008: Clothes donated at UK charity shops can end up half way … Continue reading

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Urban Canvas @ CoLF 31Jul08

As part of City of London Festival the awesome team from Urban Canvas will be decorating the pavement of New Street Square on Thursday 31 July – prepare to be impressed! Come along and watch the artists create a temporary … Continue reading

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Plastic Free Living

Two fantastic bloggers have set themselves the aim of living without plastic – no mean feat in this very plastic era. Life Less Plastic and Fake Plastic Fish have admirably changed and altered their daily habits to drastically reduce plastic … Continue reading

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Stugbags: Recycled Print Blankets

Here’s a clever design idea from the Netherlands which recycles rubber print waste into bags and other funky carrying products. Stugbags salvage the rubber ‘blankets’ used as a backing for all sorts of graphic print items and which are then … Continue reading

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