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| About 4% of household rubbish in the UK is disposable nappies and their contents. That’s over 1 million tonnes a year (over 8 million disposables a day are thrown away in the UK alone). This rate of nappy disposal is even higher in Bradford, which has one of the highest birth rates in Britain. The Bradford Real Nappy Project, run by Bradford Environmental Action Trust (BEAT) promotes the use of washable nappies to communities in the Bradford District. Using cotton nappies has a number of benefits–
The team runs fun days to raise awareness of the environmental and personal benefits of using real nappies. They also engage with public agencies and health sector professionals to spread the word to new mothers and their partners about the range of washable nappy systems on the market and how best to use them. The Project has also helped a laundry service – the Nappy Train - set up to provide collection, thorough washing and delivery of clean nappies to parents. |
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Composting Provides a sustainable household green garden waste kerbside collection service for Kirkstall and Weetwood. Compost sieved, graded and bagged for sale to scheme members and the general public. Provides employment opportunities, develops horticultural, agricultural and social skills and provides great therapeutic value to all its visitors. Activities include cardboard recycling, worm beds and plastics recycling. Back to top
Education & awareness Bracken Hall Countryside Centre Promotes environmental issues through education and awareness Works with communities in Bradford to make sustainable environmental improvements and raise environmental awareness. Working to establish a composting social enterprise. Coordinates Bradford Waste Forum; runs the Pennine Waste Exchange; provides support and advice to local waste groups and contributes to local policy and plans. General environmental awareness. Volunteer groups available for work on practical projects (e.g. compost bin areas etc). Working in primary schools across Leeds to raise awareness of 3Rs and increase the amount of waste being recycled in Leeds. Education and local environmental quality action. Supports and sets up social enterprises dealing with various wastes including plastics, cardboard and green waste from households and businesses. Education work Involved with various waste education projects in Leeds and across the region, often in partnership with other organisations. Waste awareness through creative play City Farm providing a range of educational and learning opportunities to the community including recycling facilities. Market garden holds Soil Association symbol. Education on waste for local residents. Provides practical, sustainable and viable methods of managing the waste stream through advice, research and social enterprise development. Back to top
Furniture & Electricals Airedale Appliance Recycling Unwanted washers and cookers collected from local residents, refurbished to a very high standard and sold to the general public at discounted prices. Repairs service for all makes. CHAS Furniture Store Handles furniture, white goods and general household items for charity shops Sells quality used furniture, bikes, books, music and bric-a-brac. On site there is also a café, meeting room and IT suite to hire, and car parking. Furniture collection and reuse
Promotes, supports and develops voluntary and community action in response to local needs – collection & reuse of furniture; white goods reuse; training. Furniture collection and reuse. Furniture collection and reuse. Furniture collection and reuse; also take household appliances. Furniture collection and reuse. Furniture collection and reuse. Furniture collection and reuse. Collects and redistributes donated furniture & white goods for those in need in the community. Provides worthwhile work opportunities for volunteers and those on work training schemes. Reduces the amount of furniture that goes to landfill and provides low cost, good quality furniture for people on low incomes. Back to top
IT Airedale Computer Recycling IT equipment collected from businesses, councils and households. Re-education of long term unemployed. Computers donated to charities, voluntary groups, children’s groups, etc. Sell highly discounted computers to the general public. Domestic appliance repair, reuse and recycling. Training and employment for people with learning disabilities. Back to top
Recycling Aire Valley Recycling A kerbside recycling service for 15,000 and 25,000 respectively households in Keighley and the Worth Valley. Materials collected are paper, glass, cans, textiles and plastic bottles. Collects and sorts office paper, cans and cardboard from Bradford and Leeds businesses for recycling; also collects trade items for reuse. Cash from Trash Collects and sifts drinks cans & plastic bottles for recycling; provides work experience and employment for long term unemployed & disadvantaged people. EKKO at the Alternative Technology Centre Micro-industry collecting, reprocessing & re-manufacturing plastics. Education work in the local community.
Kerbside recycling from businesses, schools and 25,000 households in the Calder Valley. Bradford Real Nappy Project Provides advice and support to local parents on use of non-disposable nappies; local nappy laundering service. Nappy laundering service for Calder Valley parents. The Nappy Train Nappy laundering service for Calder Valley parents. Back to top
Paint Community RePaint Bradford Paint from Bradford households collected, checked, re-mixed and passed on for reuse by local groups. Community RePaint service for Leeds; unwanted paint is collected from household waste sorting sites and businesses for checking, mixing and reuse by local community groups. Back to top
Scrapstore and reuse cardboard for animal bedding. A project of Leeds Play Network. Takes unwanted materials donated from business to reuse as inexpensive creative play resources for children
A mobile community scrap service promoting reuse through creative arts. Workshops and accredited training delivered around the environment and arts.(e.g. recycled fashion, recycled jewellery, kite making, trashy textiles, scrap sculpture). Back to top
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Miscellaneous Home-Start Kirklees Nursery equipment and children’s clothing scheme which covers the whole of Kirklees for families on low incomes, teenage parents, health agencies, social workers, foster parents and children’s centres. WhyWaste at BEAT Back to top |
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