Useful Contacts List

General Waste and Recycling

The Community Recycling Network UK

Trelawney House
Surrey Street
Bristol
BS2 8PS
Tel: 0117 942 0142
Email: info@crn.org.uk

Website: http://www.crn.org.uk

CRN is an organisation promoting community-based sustainable waste management as a practical and effective way of tackling the UK's growing waste problem.

Department of 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
Tel: Defra Helpline on 08459 33 55 77
Email: helpline@defra.gsi.gov.uk

Website: http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/waste

Defra works for the essentials of life - food, air, land, water, people, animals and plants. Their remit is the pursuit of sustainable development - weaving together economic, social and environmental concerns.

EnCams

Elizabeth House
The Pier
WIGAN
WN3 4EX
Tel: 01942 612621

Website: http://www.encams.org/home

The organisation which runs environmental campaigns and conducts research are best known for the Keep Britain Tidy campaign.

Environment Agency

North West Regional Office
PO Box 12
Richard Fairclough House
Knutford Road
Latchford
Warrington
Cheshire
WA4 1HG
Tel: 08708 506 506

Website: http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk

The Environment Agency look after your environment and make it a better place - for you, and for future generations. They have a fun and games section for kids

Friends of the Earth

26-28 Underwood Street
London
N1 7JQ
Tel: Freephone 0808 800 1111

Website: http://www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/waste

Friends of the Earth (FOE) aim to help find solutions to environmental problems to make life better for people.

Global Action Plan

Head Office
8 Fulwood Place
London
WC1V 6HG
Tel: 020 7405 5633
Email: all@globalactionplan.org.uk

Website: http://www.globalactionplan.org.uk

Global Action Plan is the practical environmental charity that helps people to make positive changes at home, at work, at school and in the wider community.

Greenpeace

Canonbury Villas
London
N1 2PN
Tel: 020 7865 8100
Email: info@uk.greenpeace.org

Website: http://www.greenpeace.org.uk

Greenpeace is an independent non-profit global campaigning organisation who aim through non-violent, creative confrontation to expose global environmental problems and their causes.

Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority

Medtia Chambers
5 Barn Street
Oldham
OL1 1LP
Tel: 0161 770 3581
Email: david.langley@gmwda.gov.uk

Website: http://www.gmwda.gov.uk

The Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority (GMWDA) carries out waste management activities and duties for the districts of Oldham, Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, and Tameside.

Lets Recycle

Website: http://www.letsrecycle.com

For recycling and waste management news.

Oldham Freecycle

Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OldhamFreecycle

The Freecycle Network is a nonprofit organization and a movement of people interested in keeping good stuff out of landfills. The Oldham Freecycle group is open to all who want to "recycle" that special something rather than throw it away, or look to acquire something themselves.

Recycle More

Valpak Ltd
Stratford Business Park
Banbury Road
Stratford-Upon-Avon
CV37 7GW
Tel: 08450 682 572
Email: recycle-more@valpak.co.uk

Website: http://www.recycle-more.co.uk

Website by Valpak Limited who create recycling solutions for businesses in the UK. The one-stop recycling information centre will advise you on all aspects of recycling at home, at school and in the workplace.

Recycle Now

Tel: Helpline on 0845 331 31 31
Email: info@recyclenow.co.uk

Website: http://www.recyclenow.co.uk or http//www.rethinkrubbish.com

Recycle Now is a section of the Budget Pack website dedicated to raising recycling awareness and promoting responsible waste management.

Sort it

Website: http://www.sort-it.net

Greater Manchester recycling initiative.

Wasteconnect

Tel: 01743 343403
Email: info@wasteconnect.co.uk

Website: http://www.wastepoint.co.uk

The UK Public Recycling Database. Wasteconnect is a comprehensive reference for information on and recycling points throughout the country.

Waste On Line

56-64 Leonard Street
London
EC2A 4JX
Tel: 0870 243 0136
Email: info@wastewatch.org.uk

Website: http://www.wasteonline.org.uk

Information about the amount of waste we produce, its effects and why recycling is important.

Wastewatch

56-64 Leonard Street
London
EC2A 4JX
Tel: +44 (020) 7549 0300
Email: info@wastewatch.org.uk

Website: http://www.wastewatch.org.uk

A UK environmental charity which promotes the 3 R's of Reuse, Reduce & Recycle. The website has lots of information.

Waste and Resources Action Programme

The Old Academy
21 Horse Fair
Banbury
Oxon
OX16 0AH
Tel: 0808 100 20 40
Email: helpline@wrap.org.uk

Website: http://www.wrap.org.uk

Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) is a not-for-profit company supported by funding from DEFRA, the DTI and the devolved administrations of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It is working to promote sustainable waste management by creating stable and efficient markets for recycled materials and products.

Recycled products

Recycle Now

Website: http://www.recyclenow.com/buying_recycled/index.html

This website has a selection of companies supplying recycled products

WRAP recycled products

Email: rpg@wrap.org.uk

Website: http://www.recycledproducts.org.uk

The website that tells you where to find recycled products.

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