Gloucestershire
Composting
Bisley Community Composting Group
Dean Community Compost
1 Prospect house, Hitchings, Blakeney
Gloucestershire GL15 4BJ
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
Education and Awareness Raising
Cheltenham Centre for Change
30 St. Georges Place, Cheltenham
Gloucestershire GL50 3JZ
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
www.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.