Links
Waste minimisation, re-use and
recycling websites
Recycle Now (National
Campaign): www.recyclenow.com
Comprehensive details of recycling in the UK, including local
recycling facilities, purchasing recycled products and details of
recycling in the home, at work and in the garden.
Community Recycling
Network: www.crn.org.uk
National network promoting community
based sustainable waste management.
Watch your waste!
www.watchyourwaste.co.uk
South Staffordshire Council's waste
awareness initiative.
Mailing Preference
Service: www.mpsonline.org.uk
Reduce junk mail that is delivered to
your property by registering, free of charge, with the Mailing
Preference Service (MPS). Links to the Telephone Preference Service
(TPS) and Facsimile Preference Service (FPS) are also
available.
Tools for Self
Reliance: www.tfsr.org.uk
Promoting the collection and re-use of
tools, to be sent to some of the poorest countries in Africa.
Woodland Trust:
www.woodland-trust.org.uk
Organise an annual Christmas Card
Recycling Campaign.
Waste Watch:
www.wastewatch.org.uk
UK environmental charity promoting
sustainable resource use through communication, education,
information and research.
Community Repaint:
www.communityrepaint.org.uk
Information on paint re-use schemes
throughout the UK.
Unwanted household items can be given
away or exchanged via a series of websites and forums. South
Staffordshire Council is not responsible for the content of
external websites listed below. Users of these forums do so at
their own risk. The websites offer a hosting forum for exchangers
to contact one another, and users consent to publishing personal
details for this purpose.
It is the responsibility of individual
users of the websites to arrange collection or delivery of items.
Please ensure that you protect your personal safety at all times
during any exchanges. Individual disclaimers are available on each
website. Use of the relevant sites and forums and denotes
acceptance of these terms and conditions.
International non-profit movement allowing members to pass on
and collect unwanted items free of charge.
Online free exchange operated through the classifieds section
of the Express and Star website.
Similar movement to freecycle but no membership
required.
Association of Charity
Shops: www.charityshops.org.uk
Re-use your unwanted items through
charity shops, raising much needed funds.
Furniture Re-use
Network: www.frn.org.uk
Promotes the re-use of household furniture, repairing and
re-using over 250,000 domestic appliances each year.
Guidance for business
Business Resource Efficiency
and Waste Programme (BREW), a DEFRA initiative:
www.defra.gov.uk/environment/business/support/index.htm
Advice and support on improving
resource efficiency measures.
Environment Agency:
www.environment-agency.gov.uk
Comprehensive information and regulation of our natural
environment, including details of registered waste carriers and
hazardous waste regulations.
Staffordshire Business
Environmental Network: www.sben.co.uk
Offers practical advice and support
for business across Staffordshire.
Waste Matchers:
www.waste-matchers.co.uk
Staffordshire and West Midlands free initiative, which aims to
reduce the amount of waste going to landfill by enabling
businesses, organisations, schools, playgroups and individuals to
use materials which others no longer need.
Offers UK businesses free, independent, confidential advice
and support on practical ways to minimise waste and reduce
environmental impact.
Independent company funded by Government. Role is to help the
UK move towards a low carbon future.
International, National and Regional
Government Websites
European Union:
Gateway to the European
Union
Department for
Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra): www.defra.gov.uk
Overall responsibility for development
of sustainable waste management practices. Comprehensive data on
regulations governing the waste and recycling industry.
Waste and Resources Action
Programme: www.wrap.org.uk
Promote sustainable waste management
initiatives such as home composting and real nappy scheme. Also
work to create stable markets for recycled products. Links to
individual websites, including:
County Council responsible for waste disposal. Full details of
waste strategies and recycling facilities across
Staffordshire.
Local district Council responsible for waste and recycling
collections.
Professional body for waste and resource management.
Contact
Environmental Health (General)
Services
Telephone: (01902) 696203
Fax: (01902) 696222
Email:
env.general@sstaffs.gov.uk