01 December 2009
We're predicted to spend a massive £7.3bn on electricals in the UK in the run up to Christmas this year! Much of this will replace broken or unwanted items, so Recycle Now is teaming up with The Really Rubbish Orchestra and BBC Last Choir Standing finalists Hear Me Now! to raise awareness that small waste electrical items - such as games consoles, kettles, power tools, computers and mobile phones - can be recycled and turned into new products. Read more…
01 December 2009
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The Really Rubbish Orchestra and choir Hear Me Now! have been rehearsing hard for their performance at Covent Garden on 1 December. Read more…
01 December 2009
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Many of us receive strange electrical gifts at Christmas that end up gathering dust. Choir Hear Me Now!, who were finalists in the BBC's Last Choir Standing, are no exception and have all received a variety of strange and rather useless Christmas gifts in the past!
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01 December 2009
Chunky guitar
Made from part of a broken scaffolding plank, a telephone receiver and amplifed through an old walkman
The Really Rubbish Orchestra has created some amazing instruments from small waste electricals - such as the Scanner Pianner!
See what instruments were created and hear the sounds they make by clicking on the audio links. Read more…
01 December 2009
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See what happened when we took one of the Really Rubbish instruments out on the road! Read more…
