National Organisations
Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE)
Churcham House, 1 Bridgeman Road, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 9AJ0870 4426019
info@drinkscartons.com
www.drinkscartons.com
The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE) is an international coalition of ten manufacturers of paperboard and paper cartons who work together to actively promote the consumer and environmental benefits of the beverage carton.
Alupro
1 Brockhill Court, Brockhill Lane, Redditch, B97 6RB
www.alupro.org.uk
Recycling aluminium packaging in the UK.
Association of Charity Shops
Central House, 14 Upper Woburn Place, London, WC1H 0AE
www.charityshops.org.uk
Dedicated to supporting charities who run shops as part of their fundraising activities.
Chartered Institute of Wastes Management
9 Saxon Court, St Peter’s Gardens, Marefair, Northampton, NN1 1SX
www.ciwm.co.uk
Leading professional body for waste and resource management.
Communicycle
communicycle@communicycle.com
www.communicycle.com
Aims to connect people who want to pass on unwanted items with those who might find them useful, support communities, reduce waste of useable items going to landfill and encourage creative use of items.
Community Composting Network
67 Alexandra Road, Sheffield, S2 3EE
info@communitycompost.org
www.communitycompost.org
Supports and promotes the community management and use of waste bio-degradable resources. It is a member’s organisation, self-managed by an elected committee of members.
Composting Association
Avon House, Tithe Barn Road, Wellingborough, Northants NN8 1DH
www.compost-uk.org.uk
Collects and spreads information for the trade, and works to set standards. Provides a united voice in UK, promoting benefits of composting to government and public. Operates certification schemes for compost and compostable packaging.
Community Recycling Network UK (CRN)
info@crn.org.uk
www.crn.org.uk
Umbrella membership organisation for UK community-based recycling and waste management organisations and businesses. Promotes community-based sustainable waste management as a practical and effective way of tackling UK’s growing waste problem.
Community Re>Paint
Supports and develops new and existing community repaint schemes.
Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Information Resource Centre, Lower Ground Floor, Ergon House, C/o Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London, SW1P 3JR
helpline@defra.gsi.gov.uk
www.defra.gov.uk
Government department responsible for the essentials of life; food, air, land, water, people, animals and plants. The department has a specific responsibility to produce and implement the waste strategy for England and Wales.
Emmaus UK Office
48 Kingston Street, Cambridge, CB1 2NU
www.emmaus.org.uk
Emmaus Communities offer homeless men and women a home, work and the chance to rebuild their self-respect in a supportive, community environment.
English Nature
Northminster House, Peterborough, PE1 1UA
enquiries@english-nature.org.uk
www.english-nature.org.uk
Works in partnership to conserve and enhance our landscapes and natural environment, to promote countryside access and recreation as well as public well-being, now and for future generations.
Environment Council
212 High Holborn, LONDON WC1V 7VW
www.greenchannel.com/tec
Independent charity encouraging more environment-friendly and sustainable business practice. Organises events to build relationships and find practical solutions. Provides training in business, including consensus building.
Envirowise
Government programme to minimise waste. Offers free, independent advice and information to help small and medium size businesses on practical ways to minimise waste, introduce sustainability into the workplace, convert turnover into profit, and ensure compliance with environmental legislation.
Freecycle
Worldwide grassroots movement of local groups of people giving and receiving things free in their own towns. Provides individuals and non-profits an electronic forum to “recycle” unwanted items.
Furniture Re-use Network (FRN)
48-54 West Street, St Phillips, Bristol, BS2 0BL
www.frn.org.uk
Promotes the re-use of unwanted furniture, electrical appliances and household effects for the alleviation of need, hardship, distress and poverty.
Green Choices
PO Box 31617, London SW2 4FF
info@greenchoices.org
www.greenchoices.org/recycling.html
Free, independent, not-for-profit web guide to greener living. It has no products to sell or promote, only ideas and information to help people make greener choices in their day-to-day lives.
Henry Doubleday Research Association
Ryton Organic Gardens, Coventry, Warwickshire, CV8 3LG
enquiry@hdra.org.uk
www.hdra.org.uk
Dedicated to researching, improving and promoting organic gardening, farming, food, and commercial organic growing, and offering practical advice. Carries out scientific research into horticultural techniques that do not rely on chemicals, and regularly helps media, industry and statutory bodies.
Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee (LARAC)
www.larac.org.uk
LARAC is the leading national local authority organisation promoting waste reduction and recycling.
National Association of Councils for Voluntary Service
177 Arundel Street, Sheffield, S1 2NU
nacvs@nacvs.org.uk
www.nacvs.org.uk
National Association of Councils for Voluntary Service helps to promote voluntary and community action by supporting its members and by acting as a national voice for the local voluntary and community sector.
NetRegs
www.netregs.gov.uk
Plain language guidance produced by the Environment Agency for small businesses on environmental legislation and how to comply with it.
Real Nappy Association
www.realnappy.com
Recyclenow
www.recyclenow.com
A website aimed at the general public providing information and advice on what can be recycled and how and where to recycle it. It includes a recycling site locator – just type in your postcode and find the facilities near you.
Recyclenow Partners
www.recyclenowpartners.org.uk
A website aimed at local authorities, community groups, retailers and others interested in doing publicity and PR work on recycling issues. Registering with this site provides a range of free downloadable resources such as graphics for leaflets and posters, press releases, ideas for events etc.
Volunteering England
Regents Wharf, 8 All Saints Street, London NR1 9RL
information@volunteeringengland.org
www.volunteeringengland.org
National advisory agency on volunteering and community involvement.
Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP)
The Old Academy, 21 Horse Fair, Banbury,Oxon OX16 0AH
helpline@wrap.org.uk
www.wrap.org.uk
WRAP has a wide remit of sustainable waste programmes including creating markets for recycled resources.
Wastewatch
Waste Watch,56-64 Leonard Street,
London EC2A 4JX
info@wastewatch.org.uk.
www.wastewatch.org.uk
A leading UK waste educational charity promoting sustainable resource use. Waste Watch campaigns through policy development for all areas of society to reduce, reuse and recycle whilst working on changing attitudes and behaviour through projects and services.
Women’s Environmental Network
PO Box 30626 London E1 1TZ
info@wen.org.uk
www.wen.org.uk
Campaign organisation representing women and campaigns that link women, environment and health.