Merry Christmas & Happy New year to all from Recycling CDs

Christmas Orders
Last ordering dates are 21st December to get your clocks for Christmas except custom design clocks which is the 18th December. 

We are closed from 24th December till 4th January 2010, all orders will be sent out the week commencing the 4th January.

Have a great holiday time & happy recycling in 2010.

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Welcome to our Winter Newsletter.

Time has flown by and its now only 19 days till Christmas, take a look at our clocks ideal gifts this holiday season. We still have FREE postage to anywhere in the world plus a FREE battery.
If you would like a personalised gift with your own picture choose our custom clock & upload a photo when ordering.

Another mention for the two new artists who joined in the last month Social Butterfly & W Baker, click on their name to see their clocks.

Special Offer
During December any orders over £20 will be sent a free print of Polar Bears worth £9.99 as shown below.

Networks & Comments
We love to hear what you think about our products as well as your recycling ideas. Drop us a line, comment on our clock designs, they can be now left if you have a facebook account on our website, or on the blog or find us on any of the following web pages:
RCDs Community Page | MySpace | Facebook | Networked Blog Space | Twitter

Until next time, enjoy sorting and recycling,

RecyclingCDs

The Weather Report
Hello and welcome! Another month has passed us by with glorious autumnal leaves glowing red and gold on the trees and pavement, a weaker but valiant sun, colder winds a blowing and now November is already upon us and winter settling in. We may be feeling the chill but getting cosy with old favourite woollens and recycled knits whilst gathering around open fires is always a thrill as we savour the advent of winter’s festive season and all the treats that holds.

As the year end draws nearer thoughts often turn to closure and the promise of new beginnings that a new year can bring. It is a good time to have a mental audit of what the past year has brought and taught us, how we have changed and what we will take with us into the future. At the same time, a physical sorting out of material posessions can be invaluable to moving on. It offers us the chance to recycle items we no longer want or use. Finding a new use or passing things on to others who may find them useful can offer us a much neeeded cleansing without the guilt of adding to physical and emotional landfills that surround us. It will be far easier to start the new year positively if this year’s baggage has already been recycled!

News & Competitions
Huge thanks to everyone who took part in our Autumn 09 competition – we hope you enjoyed hunting for the answers to out FAQs! Over 270 of you entered and the lucky winners, chosen at random from all the correct entries were, in reverse order:

Mary H came in 3rd winning a CD Clock of choice and Mark Hegarty’s The Little Book of Living Green.

Laura S won 2nd place, a CD Clock of choice and 2 Recycled Fabric Coasters from Stitching Blue.

And in 1st place was Georgina B who takes away a CD Clock of choice and a one of Stitching Blue’s finest Recycled Fabric Rugs.

Well done Georgina and all our winners! If you didn’t make the shortlist this time, fear not as our forthcoming Christmas Comp will be announced shortly. Keep a close eye on the website or blog for further details of how to win more great prizes.

New Artists
We have taken on board two new artists in the last few weeks and as usual their designs are available for the special introductory offer price of £5.99 per clock throughout November.

W. Baker is a photographer who enjoys taking pictures of nature. The two images currently available are Tarantula – a suprisingly gentle take on this often feared creature and Butterfly – a beautiful study of what appears to be a tortoiseshell.

W Baker says: “Currently living in the UK, I take pictures of anything I think is worth photographing, from landscapes to animals and flowers. I would love to work more with photography and i hope you enjoy my images.”

Social Butterfly is a graphic designer from Lebanon who is inspired by music. There are 6 clock designs available fron this artist. 4 are variations of the same scene of an elderly gentleman walking with stick and glasses. Each design uses a different digital effect to create varying moods. The other 2 are images of a violin and rose, one more abstracted than the other to give an other worldly feel.

Social Butterfly says: “I’m a graphic designer, painter & photographer (my hobbies). Most of my designs at university were inspired from music since it’s my favorite hobby and can’t imagine my life without it, but I also like to design anything that comes to my mind depending on the occasion. Lebanon is my native country that is known for its 4 seasons and the nearness of the sea and the mountain which inspired me with its Eastern style for photography. Hope you will like my clock designs.”

We are always seeking new and exciting artists, designers and photographers who would like their images and works of art displayed on our clock faces. If you would like to join our ever expanding group, apply to submit your own images here.

Networks & Comments
We love to hear what you think about our products as well as your recycling ideas. Drop us a line, comment on our website, forums or on the blog or find us on any of the following web pages:
RCDs Community Page | MySpace | Facebook | Networked Blog Space | Twitter

Until next time, enjoy sorting and recycling,
Rache & All at RecyclingCDs

Many thanks to everyone who entered our Autumn ‘09 FAQ competition. We had a great response with over 270 entries! The winners chosen at random from all the correct answers are… drumroll please…

1st place
Georgina B***** wins a CD Clock of choice and a Recycled Fabric Rug from StitchingBlue. Well done Georgina!

2nd Place
Laura S****** wins a CD Clock of choice and 2 x Recycled Fabric Coasters also from StitchingBlue.

3rd Place
Mary H****** wins a CD Clock of choice and The Little Book of Living Green by Mark Hegarty
Well done to all our winners, your prizes will be on their way to you shortly.

Thank you to all who entered our Autumn competition and dont forget to look out for our forthcoming Christmas competition where we will have more great prizes on offer!
http://www.recyclingcds.com/competition.asp

All you need to do is search through our newly created FAQ’s, fill in your answers on our Competition Page, pop in your details and press ‘Enter Competition’ to be in with a chance of winning some unique prizes.

Dont forget to include your preferred CD Clock design if you are one of our three lucky winners.

Closing date is midnight on Friday 16th October and the lucky winners will be announced the following Friday 23rd October.

GOOD LUCK!

We have received a great response so far to our Autumn Competition but there is still time to get those last minute entries in!

All you need to do is search through our newly created FAQ’s, fill in your answers on our Competition Page, pop in your details and press ‘Enter Competition’ to be in with a chance of winning some unique prizes.

Dont forget to include your preferred CD Clock design if you are one of our three lucky winners.

Closing date is this Friday 16th October and the lucky winners will be announced the following Friday 23rd October.

GOOD LUCK!

Welcome to our Autumn Competition.

Search through our newly created FAQ’s and you will find the answers to the three questions shown on our competition page.

All you need to do is fill in your answers, pop in your details and press ‘Enter Competition’ to be in with a chance of winning some unique prizes.

Closing date for entries is Friday 16th October 2009 and the winners will be announced Friday 23rd October.

Good Luck!

www.recyclingcds.com/competition.asp

The Weather Report
Welcome dear reader to another issue of our RecyclingCDs newsletter. A wonderful summer has sped by in a glorious haze of long, sultry days amidst some rather refreshing rain. We trust you enjoyed it. Now autumn has arrived in all its splendour and, was it my over-active imagination or did conkers seem to fall from every tree as soon as August turned into September? Magic!

Late summer and early autumn provide a great opportunity to forage our countryside and parks making use of the natural food resources they hold. We’ve already enjoyed a few wild strawberries, heaps of blackberries and some tasty apples al fresco as well as in delicious fruit crumbles. If you’ve never tried foraging before, take a leak-proof bag next time you’re out and about and have a look to see what treats nature provides free of charge. It may not be conventional recycling but ‘making good use of the things that we find’ as some furry South London recyclers used to sing, gets the thumbs up from us!

News
As announced in our last newsletter we are collaborating with lighting design specialists, Bruce Munro, to collect your unwanted CDs and DVDs for use in a unique and exciting art project.

The Bruce Munro portfolio of stunning light work for commercial and domestic use includes exquisite chandeliers as well as exhibition pieces and amazing large scale installations of illuminated sculpture. Each stunning piece is created with an evident passion for light and beauty. Imagine the excitement of seeing your surplus discs turned into one of these great light sculptures. Details of the exact work will be revealed later in the year.

So far, with your help we have collated 115,176 discs which we have forwarded to Bruce Munro. This is a fantastic start and as we are aiming for at 1 million discs we could do with a few more! Please have a hunt around the attic, shed, down the back of the sofa - wherever unused CDs and DVDs disappear to in your home or office. Place a virtual note on your facebook page or a real one on your community, church, college, work or school notice-board and see how many discs are wasting away out there unused, unwanted and sad. Make those metal discs happy by collecting them for us to become useful and loved again as part of a beautiful piece of art.

To recycle your stash, simply complete and send the recycling form on our homepage and we’ll let you know where to send your discs for recycling. Reduce landfill whilst creating art - perfect!

New Artists
We have taken on board 2 exciting new artists recently and warmly welcome Maxilla and Margarita to the RecyclingCDs creative family fold. Both artists’ work is available for the special price of £5.99 per clock until the end of September.

A recent graduate of Birmingham Institute of Art & Design, Maxilla Mellifer is well versed in illustration and this shows in the beautiful designs submitted which have a distinctly oriental and stylistic feel. The exquisitely detailed images of nature would not look out of place on traditional bone china but are brought up to date particularly when combined with digital collage as in the design entitled ‘Growth’.

Maxilla explains: “My work explores the power of nature and layers of inter-connectivity; anatomy and mortality; and the fragility of life. Most of my time is spent with a pen in one hand and a cup of tea in the other! … Working in a mixture of pen and digital collage, I make it my aim to push my drawings to create surreal and meticulously detailed worlds.”

Margarita Iosif’s designs also have a surreal quality and suggest intriguing narratives of a fairy tale nature. They draw the viewer in to try and decipher both what is taking place and the possible contexts. The images make appropriate clock designs as one seems to see or feel something new with each viewing!

Margarita says: “A surreal, abstract and conceptual character encloses all my work, which is based on the philosophy that lay behind the perception of reality and imagination and the way those two can blend together. Following those principles I am creating visuals and stories that combine both traditional and new techniques together.”

If you feel inspired and would like to join our family of international CDClock artists, go ahead - get creative and sign-up online.

Competitions & Features
If you’re not quite sure yet about becoming an RCDs artist but would like to see your own photos or images on a CDClock, look out for our Beta Custom Clock which will be available towards the end of this month. Our online image editor will allow you to edit your own designs to create unique gifts and memorabilia.

While your eyes are peeled, look out for our autumn competition coming soon. Details will follow on the blog shortly so stay tuned and get ready to win! And finally, we have a handy new Search box on the homepage which enables you to search for other recycled items. Try it - you never know what you might find!

Networks & Comments
We love to hear what you think about our products as well as your recycling ideas. Drop us a line, comment on our website, forums or on the blog or find us on any of the following web pages:
RCDs Community Page | MySpace | Facebook | Networked Blog Space | Twitter

Until next time, enjoy the conkers, foraging and recycling,
Rache & All at RecyclingCDs

Communities such as Freecycle have been running efficient exchange programmes for some time and become increasingly popular. The idea of giving away items no longer needed rather than selling them for cash has proved to be as attractive to us cash strapped or anti-commercial punters as picking up items we need for free.

Without money to cause friction, exchanges can take place easily and one person’s waste become another’s treasure. In addition, there is much to be gained from the plethora of good will and altruism involved in non-financial acquirement and donation as well as the sustainable practice of recycling unwanted items instead of carelessly disposing of them as we have been so well trained to do over the past few decades.

In East London, Non Commercial House have taken free exchange a step further and opened up a space on Commercial Street, Shoreditch where visitors can share instead of buying and selling goods. The shop is open Thursdays to Sundays from 12 till 8pm so if you are in the area, go check it out. Donate those items you’ve been hoarding instead of using and see what goodies you can find to exchange.

From: Indymedia - Non Commercial House
Bring items you no longer require that are clogging up your home. Take stuff you need that someone else has abandoned. Come along to get help fixing your bicycle or for a cuppa tea

We live in a society of over consumption and waste. Non Commercial House aims to offer an alternative based upon cooperation, mutual respect and sustainable living. It is not only about objects but about sharing! We hope to have various workshops and discussions taking place over the coming weeks.

Items can be dropped off anytime; knock on the door or leave them out front. This is a non-profit, non-hierarchical space open to all and your input is valued so drop by some time to get involved and let us know what your ideas / thoughts are.

Non Commercial House, 165 Commercial Street, London
Open: Thursday - Sunday, 12pm - 8pm
NonCommercialHouse@riseup.net

Further Info:
Indymedia - Non Commercial House

Our new total as of Thursday 13th August 2009 is <112,649> CDs and DVDs sent to Bruce Munro!

Great result but we still need LOTS more! If you have any unwanted CDs and DVDs we will gladly take them off your hands! Simply complete and send the recycling form on our homepage and we’ll let you know where to send your discs for recycling.

If you can help us with this project, do please fill in the form on our Home page as soon as possible and help us to reduce, reuse, recycle!