Composting

A & E Thompson

Embleton Old Hall, Hurnworth Burn, Wingate, County Durham
Andrew Thompson
01429 838433 F: 01429 835180
info@compost-uk.co.uk
www.compost-uk.co.uk
Open Week Days 0800-1730

This is a local farm that diversified into composting around 2001 to spread green waste on their land.

Rotter Community Composting

Teesdale Conservation Volunteers, Conservation Centre, Deepdale Woods, Barnard Castle, County Durham, DL12 9TB
Martin Bacon
01833 690022
rotterscomposting@yahoo.co.uk
http://www.tcv.org.uk
Open Monday –Friday 9-5

"Rotters" operate a kerbside collection of green waste in Barnard Castle in 2004 rolling out into Teesdale district by 2006. We collect, receive and recycle green domestic waste into compost and timber into charcoal, but for larger bits of wood we cut these into usable timber products. All products being distributed locally, with some products sold on site. This project is an extension of our training for long-term unemployed and regeneration in Teesdale, where we provide opportunities within an organic garden, tree planting and other conservation projects. We have make our operations energy efficient using electric milk floats, powered through wind turbines aim to develop alternative methods for energy provision for the centre such as for heating.
The Teesside Conservation Volunteers are also exploring the potential to set up a research and teaching EcoCentre with the aim to build this in the spring of 2006 and provide open construction workshops.

The Seymore Trust

Office 3 Shildon Buisness Centre
Dabble Duck Industrial Estate, Shildon, County Durham, DL4 2RF
Dave Stephenson
01388 604386
trustymour@aol.com
www.seymourtrust.com

The Seymour Trust was formed to enable the community to recycle its waste materials in a proper and responsible manner. We have a variety of projects:

• The Wasted Worm Project sets out to promote Global Worming using a surprisingly simple way of dealing with kitchen waste.
• Romanway Recycling Village proposes to reclaim a contaminated Brownfield site located at Romanway, Bishop Auckland, to allow the development of a Recycling Village which will house new businesses trading as “Social Enterprises” created to produce ‘green’ products
• Heritage Fishing in North Yorkshire provides low cost, organic, healthy eating for members of the community by utilising & protecting North Sea fish stocks. Trading as a non-profit social enterprise under the constitution of the Trust, it aims to preserve a way of life and provides sustainability for local people
• Soils for Salmon is aiming to promote Best Management Practices for protecting native soil and vegetation where possible, and especially for restoring soil functions on disturbed sites through the incorporation of certificated organic amendments and mulches. Over the years, our loose-knit volunteer Soils for Salmon team, have worked with policy makers, planners, design professionals, regulators and builders. We are aiming to develop the basic awareness that "soil is alive, and soil life matters," so that we can help restore soil life and its essential functions by amending damaged soils with compost, and that soil protection and restoration are essential to restoring streams and salmon habitats.

Passport to Health Community Allotments

Groundwork East Durham, Seaton Holme, Hall Walks, Easington Village, Peterlee, County Durham, SR8 3BS
Jason Martin
0191 527 3333 F: 0191 527 3655
jason.martin@groundwork.org.uk
http://www.groundwork-eastdurham.org.uk

Groundwork East Durham’s Healthy Community Allotments scheme uses gardening and land maintenance to provide mental health benefits, encourage healthy living and exercise for the people of East Durham. The scheme was set up to tackle a history of poor health and sickness rates suffered in the area, and after 2005 was proposed to be self sustaining.

Furniture and Electricals

ACTS Furniture project

New Life Christian Centre, Villiers Street, Spennymoor, County Durham, DL16 6AL
Anne Poppleton
01388 420345 F: 01388 813077
annepoppleton@bushinternat.com
Monday to Friday 10-2 open to public

ACTS is substantially expanding its pilot furniture and white goods service in Sedgefield borough - from limited cover with volunteer labour and a hired van, to one with its own staff and vehicle. This will respond to high levels of deprivation in the area, save greatly on landfill and provide much needed volunteering opportunities.

Chester-le Street Furniture & Fabric Recycling Ltd

53/54 Stella Gill Industrial Estate, Pelton Fell, Chester-Le-Street, Chester-le Street, County Durham, DH2 2RH
Tony Blackbird
0191 389 0888
Mobile: 07855 249 489
F: 0191 3880482

Consett YMCA

4c Linden Park, No.1 Industrial Estate
Consett
Co. Durham
DH8 6SZ
Terry Page
Email:accounts@consettymca.org
Number: 01207 588302

The project provides a furniture and white goods reuse and recycling project that covers the district of Derwentside and parts of County Durham. It provides good quality reusable furniture to low income families, whilst at the same time reducing the number of items being sent to landfill sites. The project also provides a high quality training facility for disadvantaged and disaffected young people and other government schemes.

County Durham Furniture Help Scheme

Unit 20, Avenue 3 Chlton Industrial Estate, Ferryhill, County Durham, DL17 0PB
Christopher Palmer
01388 721509
www.cdfhs.co.uk
info@cdfhs.co.uk

Monday - Saturday 10 am till 2 pm

The charity aims to relieve poverty in particular by the provision of a furniture and household goods recycling service to those people resident in County Durham who are in necessitous circumstances. We also stock paint: emulsion, gloss, varnish, etc.

C.R.A.T.E (Community Reuse Environment and Training Enterprise)

combines the previous projects of Green-Works and East Durham Furniture Reuse Project under one roof

1 Kilburn Drive, Seaview Industrial Estate, Hordon, Peterlee, County Durham, SR8 4TQ
Yogendra Rai
0191 5184394
adnin@edfreuse.co.uk
www.edfreuse.co.uk

CRATE was established on 4th April 2006 as a combination of two expanding projects: EDF Reuse which is a household reuse scheme within the district of Easington to enable residents of East Durham to participate in reuse activity, thus reducing landfill, providing affordable goods to those on low income and to voluntary and charitable organisations; and Green-Works which provides quality, low cost, used office furniture for schools, charities and businesses in County Durham and the North East. Both are now run as a single community enterprise, provide training and employment opportunities for local unemployed people. They work in close partnership with local public, private and voluntary sector organisations.

St. Aidan's Community Trust

c/o The Rookhope, Bishop Aukland, County Durham, DL13 2BG
Chris Jones
01388 517215 F: 01388 517861
chris@rookhope.com
Open Week Days 8.30-5.30

Woodhouse Close Furniture Project

Woodhouse Close Church, Proudfoot Drive, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 6PD
Neil Hannerton
01388 450838
Open Tuesday and Thursday 10-2pm

IT Reuse, and Recycling

SITFALL

16 Mendip Terrace, South Stanley, County Durham
Carl Gippert
01207 282750
carlsitfall@yahoo.co.uk

Sitfall refurbishes computers for their use within the Stanley area. It has provided computers to a wide variety of people and groups, from a 70 year old lady from Sunderland, a scout troop, and a young adult, who was trying to rebuild his life after drug dependency. Sitfall has also helped adults onto Return to Learn courses.

Real Nappies

Durham Happy Nappies

0191 3784040
info@durhamhappynappies.co.uk

We are based in County Durham and cover the whole county as well as Tyneside, Wearside and Teesside providing a Cotton Nappy Laundry service.

Paint

County Durham Furniture Help Scheme

Unit 20, Avenue 3 Chlton Industrial Estate, Ferryhill, County Durham, DL17 0PB
Christopher Palmer
01388 721509 Mobile: 07904 999429
countydurhamfurniturehelpscheme@uwclub.net
www.communigate.co.uk/ne/furniturehelp
Monday - Saturday 10 am till 2 pm

The County Durham Furniture Help Scheme (CDFHS) provides affordable reusable furniture, household goods and appliances (in fact anything to make a house a home) to people in need across County Durham.  This includes paint: emulsion, gloss, varnish, etc..

St. Aidan's Community Trust

c/o The Rookhope, Bishop Aukland, County Durham, DL13 2BG
Chris Jones
01388 517215 F: 01388 517861
chris@rookhope.com
Open Week Days 8.30-5.30

Chester-le Street Furniture & Fabric Recycling Ltd

53/54 Stella Gill Industrial Estate, Pelton Fell, Chester-Le-Street, Chester-le Street, County Durham, DH2 2RH
Tony Blackbird
0191 389 0888 F: 0191 3880482

Wood

St. Aidan's Community Trust

c/o The Rookhope, Bishop Aukland, County Durham, DL13 2BG
Chris Jones
01388 517215 F: 01388 517861
chris@rookhope.com
Open Week Days 8.30-5.30

In addition to collection of furniture and white goods reuse, the project also collects wood for reuse and recycling.

Consett YMCA

4c Linden Park, No.1 Industrial Estate
Consett
Co. Durham
DH8 6SZ
Terry Page
Email:accounts@consettymca.org
Number: 01207 588302

In addition to collection of furniture and white goods reuse, the project also collects wood for reuse and recycling.

Waste Awareness and Education

Community Reuse and Training Enterprise

East Durham Partnership
1 Kilburn Drive, Sea view Ind. Estate
Horden, Peterlee
SR8 4TQ
Durham
Ellen Foxton
0191 5184394
e.foxton@yahoo.co.uk

Durham Wildlife Trust

Rainton Meadows, Chilton Moor, Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear, DH4 6PU
Julie Fulton
0191 5843112 F: 0191 5843934
jfulton@durhamwt.co.uk
www.wildlifetrust.org.uk/durham

The Durham Wildlife Trust overall aims are to protect wildlife and promote nature conservation. It has a membership scheme with over 8,500 members, runs events, manages 26 nature reserves and 4 visitor centres, provides environmental education, and has a variety of species and habitat recovery projects. Several events, courses and projects focusing on the reuse, recycle and composting themes are provided on an ongoing basis.

Wastewise

The EWE Centre, Esh Winning Primary School, The Wynds, Esh Winning, Durham,
County Durham, DH7 9BE
Sara Nixon
0191 373 9799 F: 0191 373 6477
s.nixon100@durhamlea.org.uk
http://www.ewecentre.org.uk/WasteWisePages/Home-Page-Wastewise.html

The Project works with schools throughout County Durham, Darlington and the City of Sunderland to help schools develop sustainable waste minimisation practices integrated into the curriculum. The project works with pupils between the ages of 3 and 18.

Friends of the Earth Durham

Carla Doran
07960 018257
37 York Place
LEEDS
LS1 2ED
www.durhamfoe.org.uk

Friends of the Earth Durham campaigns for a sustainable society.

Friends of the Earth Dewent Valley and North Durham

43 Durham Road, Leadgate, Consett, County Durham DH8 7RL
Julie Wilkinson
juliewilkinson80@tiscali.co.uk

Groundwork West Durham

Grosvenor House, 29 Market Place, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 7NP
Claire Longstaff
01388 662666 F: 01388 661 941
claire.longstaff@groundwork.org.uk
http://www.groundwork-westdurham.org.uk/

Based in Bishop Auckland, we work in many communities throughout West Durham bringing together partnerships aimed at delivering cleaner, greener, safer and more empowered communities through a focus on community based environmental regeneration.

Groundwork East Durham

Seaton Holme, Hall Walks, Easington Village, Peterlee, County Durham, SR8 3BS
Jason Martin
0191 527 3333 F: 0191 527 3655
jason.martin@groundwork.org.uk
http://www.groundwork-eastdurham.org.uk/

Groundwork East Durham is an environmental charity that:

• works in partnership with local people and agencies
• contributes to the economic development of East Durham
• facilitates sustainable regeneration

An example of the partnership with Sedgefield Borough Council and Prospect ILM for the Sedgefield Borough Christmas Tree Recycling Scheme where allotment groups throughout the Borough collected Christmas tree’s for shredded and used in local community garden projects.

National Trust - White Lea Farm

White Lea Farm, Easington Colliery, Peterlee, County Durham, SR8 3UX
Paul Tointon
0191 5279612 F: 0191 5279612
paul.tointon@nationaltrust.org.uk
www.nationaltrust.org