UK Environment
Groups
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| Environment Centres | Town & County | Environment centres are normally set up to cover a range of environmental issues. They are all slightly different depending on local circumstances but they can include visitor centres, education services, a wide range of projects and act as an umbrella organisation. |
| Bristol Environment Centre- Create | ||
| Colchester Environment Centre - en-form | Essex | |
| Leicester Environment Centre - Environ | Leicestershire | |
| Bath Environment Centre - Envolve | ||
| Leeds Environment City | Yorkshire | |
| Middlesbrough Environment City | ||
| Norwich Environment Centre - The Greenhouse | Norfolk | |
| Peterborough Environment City | Cambridgeshire | |
| Southampton Environment Centre | Hampshire | |
| Furniture Recycling Schemes | * denotes members of FRN | |
The
Furniture Recycling Network, |
This site contains a comprehensive directory of furniture recycling schemes that are members of FRN and operate in the UK. | |
| Emmaus Colchester | Essex, Colchester | The Warehouse, Mason
Road, Cowdray Centre, CO1 1BX. |
| * Colchester Furniture Project (SHAKE) | Essex, Colchester | Telephone 01206 543438 Contact: Mr I Cameron Certain restrictions apply as to what can be collected. Telephone to discuss. Collection by arrangement. Furniture given to socially disadvantaged free of charge- customers referred by social services. Open: Monday to Friday, 9 - 5 |
| * Rainbow Services | Essex, Harlow | 1 & 2 Slacksbury Hatch, Helions Road, Harlow CM19
4ET Tel: Harlow (01279) 308151 Open: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, 9 - 12 and 1 - 3 |
| * Southend Community Furniture Recycling Project | Essex, Southend, | 212/216 Westborough Road, Southend-on-Sea SS0 9PR Tel: Southend (01702) 430058 Open: Monday to Friday, 8.30 - 4.30 |
| * Tendring Furniture Scheme | Essex, Clacton | Imperial House, Rosemary Road, Clacton. Tel: Clacton (01255) 476068/425692 Open: Monday to Friday, 9 - 5 |
| * Thurrock Furniture Store | Essex, Grays | 1st Floor Thameside, Cromwell Road, Grays RM17 5PD Tel: Stanford-le-Hope (01375) 396697 Open: Wednesdays only |
| * Norfolk Homemakers | Norfolk, Norwich, | 01603 633340 |
| Ipswich Furniture Project | Suffolk, Ipswich | The Ipswich Furniture Project is a charitable
organisation who collect furniture items (that adhere to
the fire regulations) which they then pass on to low
income families for a nominal amount. The Project also collect redundant metal appliances e.g. fridges and cookers which they then recycle for scrap metal. Ipswich Furniture Project is located on Hogarth Road (01473) 404004 |
| Sheffield NOMAD | Yorkshire | Furniture and domestic appliance recycling; employment training; support for homeless people |
| Attics Furniture Recycling Project | ||
| Newport Wastesavers | Recycling furniture and white goods and providing kerbside collections. | |
| Scrapstores | Scrapstores collect various items of waste from local businesses that are then made available to schools, nurseries and playgroups as craft and play materials. They operate in a number of ways , one of which is to charge its members a fee. | |
| Bits and Bobs | Essex, Clacton | |
| Colchester Bright Ideas Scrap scheme | Essex, Colchester | |
| Herefordshire Scrapstore | ||
| Ipswich- Suffolk Scrap Store | Suffolk | The Suffolk Scrap Store collects and stores a range
of unwanted material to be used as art and craft
materials by schools, playgroups and other organisations.
The project's workforce comprises adults with learning difficulties and is non-profit making. If you are a business who wishes to donate material, a group who would like to subscribe or if you want further information then contact: Suffolk Scrap Store, 6 Wright Road, Ipswich,Suffolk. IP3 9RN (01473) 710779. |
| Pennine Magpie (Hebden Bridge) | Scrapstore and scrap exchange; cardboard reuse and recycling; poop scoop manufacture; recycled material bag production; carpet reclamation; employment training | |
| Swindon Childrens Scrapstore | Non profit Charitable organisation. Items available
free of charge to voluntary groups for education and play.
Has over 350 groups using the service. Swindon Childrens Scrapstore, Pinehurst People's Centre, Beech Avenue, Swindon, SN2 1UT. Tel: 01793 513982. e-mail swss@scrapstore.co.uk |
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| Waste Exchanges | A waste exchange is a service that operates very well over the internet. They attempt to match producers of waste with those that can put various waste items to use. | |
| Bedfordshire Waste Exchange | Free excahange for Bedfordshire Area | |
| DETR Materials Information Exchange | Free exchange - allows the construction industry to buy and sell used, second hand and un-utilised construction materials. | |
| Hampshire Waste Exchange | This is a site set up for Hampshire but as part of project integra it also contains a directory of organisations recycling different materials. As these organisations are not necessarily based in Hampshire it is useful for anyone in the UK. | |
| Northamptonshire Waste Exchange | Simple design but membership fees of £50 to £100 required. | |
| Northern Ireland | Easy to navigate, Fast and Free | |
| Northern Disposal | Free, good designed but few items listed. | |
| Staffordshire & West Midlands Waste Exchange | Free waste exchange for the Staffordshire area. | |
| Waste Exchange UK | Complicated site and membership fees from £45 to £500. Attempting to set up locally based schemes throughout the UK. | |
| Waste-Exchange.org | Free service. Operated by Arena Network (the broker) and supported by Environment Agency Wales. | |
| Tipton Community Enterprise Limited | Free service very attractive layout but doesn't quite fit smaller screens. |
To keep in touch with similar voluntary groups and share advice and best practice why not join the Environment and Community Projects in the UK mailing list below. |
| Last Updated 10/05/2003 |
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