Useful links
| Home Recycling | We at home recycling are dedicated to encouraging new and existing recyclers by making it easier, tidier and more fulfilling to recycle at the home and in the office. We sell well known brand names such as the Brabantia Recycling Bin as well as lesser known office recycling bins from Europe such as the Burocity. |
| Green Uses For Waste | Ever thought of making baby clothes from your torn garments? Starting seedlings in toilet roll tubes? Check out our great green uses for waste. |
| Complete Wasters | An exciting range of recycled, re-used, fairtrade and sustainable gifts as well as low cost recycled computer systems. Visit our mini eco centre, gift shop and wildlife garden. Since 1997 Complete Wasters has... recycled 700 tonnes of paper, card, cans, and bottles; refurbished 2000 PCs; planted 600 trees and promoted recycling to over 700,000 people at over 130 events. Based in Sileby, Leicestershire |
| RecycleMate | is the new, easy and hygienic way to sort and store household waste. It takes all types of household waste, from food waste to plastic, glass and paper. RecycleMate fits in any kitchen, as a built-in or stand-alone unit in place of a rubbish bin. Slide-out drawers and attachable wheeled buggy make it easy to put recycling out for collection or to take it to the recycling centre. |
| Give or Take | An online resourse for giving and taking unwanted re-useable goods. So far the website covers Waltham Forest and Essex. If you would like it in your area, contact them through the website. |
| ReadItSwapIt | Bought a book and finished it? Don't know what to do with it? If you've read it swap it! The UK's free book swap shop! We have 21,000+ books available for swapping, with many more added every day. ReadItSwapIt is a completely free service, so you can swap as many books as you like and you'll only pay for the postage. |
| Waste Aware Scotland | is a national campaign that aims to change public attitudes and behaviour towards waste. Local campaigns are being run across Scotland to increase waste awareness and encourage people to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. |
| Recyle 4 Charity | Recycle 4 Charity is a fundraising tool for charities and not for profit groups run by BCMY ltd. |
| Furniture Reuse Network | The FRN is the only umbrella organisation for around 300 furniture recycling projects throughout the UK. Unwanted furniture is donated by the general public, collected free of charge by local projects and sold on to people on low-incomes. |
| WasteCare | Agrochemical, battery, dry cleaning, electronics, spillage management system, pharmaceutical, photographic and printing industries. Licensed to handle hazardous and special wastes for collection, treatment, recovery and recycling. The company is also accredited to ISO14001 and ISO9002 and operates 9 regional facilities throughout the British Isles and operates a dedicated fleet of over 60 vehicles. |
| Envocare | the information website that promotes care of the environment. Recycling & environment, alternative energy, ethical investment, environmental education, composting and more... |
| WeFlogIt4You | If you have anything that you want to sell but can't be bothered, then contact WeFlogIt4U and they will sell it on eBay for you. Rates apply, please see their website. |
| Tristar Toner | Offers quality recycled remanufactured laser toner cartridges for use in the home and office on laser printers and faxes. |
| Capital Waste Facts | Gives public to access a large range of data and information about municipal waste collection across the London boroughs. |
| Capital Waste Learning | London's Schools can now make use of a web-based learning resource for Key Stage 3-4 |
| London Remade | Lots of information on London's waste and recycling |
| CRN | The Community Recycling Network is a membership organisation promoting community-based sustainable waste management as a practical and effective way of tackling the UK's growing waste problem. |
| Materials Exchange | Online materials exchange portal run by PECT |
| Utopia Waste Management | An independent waste management company which provides a complete waste management package for businesses throughout the UK. With a strong emphasis on waste segregation and recycling we aim to minimise our customers' disposal costs by reducing the amount of waste going to landfill. We can help your company recycle cardboard, paper, plastics, wood, metals, fluorescent tubes, IT Equipment and many other materials that are often thrown away. |
| RECOUP | everything you need to know about plastics recycling |
| wastewatch | promoting action on waste reduction, reuse and recycling |
| recycle-more | a recycling bank locator and much more |
| NRF | National Recycling Federation |
| WRAP | Waste and Resources Action Programme |
| The Green Providers Directory | makes searching for green goods and services quick, easy and informative. They provide links to a range of renewable energy suppliers, recycled and natural products, fair trade clothing, gifts and gadgets, and much more. They also provide news, blogs and updates on the environment, recycling, energy efficiency and related topics. |
| Ethical Consumer | is an independent lifestyle magazine, with a readership of 20,000, that informs consumers about everything from the social and environmental impacts of a product to the ethical records of the companies that make it. Complex issues are simplified with easy-to-use tables that show important facts at-a-glance. |
| FaxYourMP.com | A great website that tells you who your local MP is and will fax them your messsage for free! |
| Association of Charity Shops | We are the only member organisation dedicated to supporting charities who run shops as part of their fundraising activities. By pooling expertise and joining forces to promote common interests, we help members to operate their shops as effectively as possible. Members range from the largest national charities to locally based hospices. |
| buy.at | buy.at is an innovative fundraising tool that offers schools, charities, clubs, in fact any common interest group or cause, the opportunity to earn substantial income for little or no effort. |
| Wastetraders | online waste trading service to connect waste producers with other waste consumers - promoting the use of one business's waste for another's raw material. [require's login, currently free] |