Composting

Bisley Community Composting Group

Lesley Greene
01452 770018
lesley@catswood.com

Dean Community Compost

1 Prospect house, Hitchings, Blakeney
Gloucestershire GL15 4BJ
Rebekah Hoyland
01594 516344
beki@deancoco.co.uk

Weekly kerbside collection of kitchen waste, manure and cardboard from 70 households in Newnham on Severn. Animal bedding is delivered which is processed in 4 large tumblers. Compost is used on-site for vegetables.

Lower Slaughter Community Composting

Jasmine Cottage, 5 The Whitmores
Lower Slaughter, Cheltenham
Gloucestershire, GL54 2HP
John Cole
01451 821670
mocole@lowerslaughter.fsnet.co.uk

Education and Awareness Raising

 Cheltenham Centre for Change

30 St. Georges Place, Cheltenham
Gloucestershire GL50 3JZ
John Mallows
01242 570111
admin@cheltenhamcentreforchange.org.uk
www.cheltenhamcentreforchange.org.uk

A local charity promoting sustainable development.
They provide training and information as well as undertaking awareness raising campaigns and running a community repaint project and Reclaim, a furniture re-use project and collection service (see below).

Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust

Conservation Centre, Robinswood Hill
Resevoir Road Gloucester
Gloucestershire GL4 6SX
Rosalind Cookson
01452 383333
info@gloucestershirewildlifetrust.co.uk
www.gloucestershirewildlifetrust.co.uk

Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust has a commitment to a UK rich in wildlife and managed on sustainable principles. They provide advice and support to groups and individuals wishing to start a community composting site.

Stroud Valleys Project

8 Threadneedle Street, Stroud
Gloucestershire GL5 1 AF
Clare Madhiyone
01453 753358
info@stroudvalleysproject.org
www.stroudvalleysproject.org

Our mission is to inspire the people of Stroud District to cherish, care for and repair their local environment for everyone’s benefit, bringing about sustainable development.

Furniture and Electrical

Emmaus Gloucestershire

201 Barnwood Road, Gloucester
Gloucestershire GL4 3HP
Steve Rafferty
01452 551142
emmausglos@blueyonder.co.uk
www.emmaus.org.uk

Provides low cost re-used furniture to those in need and a home and training for homeless people.

Reclaim

30 St. Georges Place, Cheltenham
Gloucestershire GL50 3JZ
John Mallows
01242 228823
reclaim@cheltenhamcentreforchange.org.uk
www.cheltenhamcentreforchange.org.uk

Reclaim is a community re-use enterprise that redistributes quality, low-cost household goods, including furniture and electrical items, to people on low incomes in the Cheltenham area.

The Furniture Recycling Project

Head Office Warehouse 5, West Quay
The Docks, Gloucester
Gloucestershire GL1 2EH
Ian Ellis
01452 331333
office@frpglos.org.uk
www.frpglos.org.uk

Providing low cost furniture to those in need of it and training and employment opportunities for local people.

Recyclables

Fairtide Recycling

Fairtide Centre, Naas Lane
Lydney, Gloucestershire GL15 5AT
Jeremy Friar
01594 840142 or 01594 844636
jeremy.friar@gloucestershire.gov.uk
www.lydney.org.uk/project_fairtide_recycling.shtml

Fairtide Recycling recycle aluminium cans and foil, office paper and cardboard and plastic milk bottles. It is one of nine County Council resource centres across Gloucestershire for people with learning disabilities.

Forest Environment and Resource Network (FERN)

92 St. Whites Road, Cinderford
Gloucester, Gloucestershire GL14 3HB
Bella Edginton
01594 826464
bella@deanfern.org

FERN are currently completing a selective waste audit of SME’s in the Forest of Dean area and will shortly be issuing a report with recommendations for future action on waste and recycling.

Scrapstore

Gloucestershire Resource Centre

City Works, Alfred Street, Gloucester
Gloucestershire GL1 4DF
Lin Mathews
01452 504442
info@grcltd.org
www.grcltd.org

GRC take waste from businesses and transform it into a creative resource. They offer an impressive range of services to support teachers, carers, play and youth workers to carry out creative activities.

Miscellaneous

 Get it Sorted

The Mount, Park View, Stratton
Cirencester, Gloucestershire GL7 2JG
Stefan Wilczac
0870 241 6206
info@getitsorted.org
Get it Sorted is a team of designers communication experts and waste professionals who can assist in the development and promotion of recycling services.