General sites concerned with waste and recycling
Building and construction material
BRE
Tel: 01923 664454
Fax:
01923 664786
Email: enquiries@bre.co.uk
Website: www.bre.co.uk
Consultancy covering the global, local and indoor environmental
impacts of buildings, their components and services.
Various projects concerned with construction and demolition waste
management, reuse and recycling.
Ecoconstruction
Website: www.ecoconstruction.org
A UK website which shows how to incorporate reclaimed materials
and products into house construction. Includes a database of suppliers.
Materials Information Exchange
Website:
www.bre.co.uk/waste
UK waste exchange site for construction materials, from BRE.
CIRIA - Construction Industry Research &
Information Association
Tel: 020 7222 8891
Fax: 020 7222 1708
Email: enquiries@ciria.org.uk
Website: www.ciria.org.uk
Emphasises best practice in the industry. Handbook in preparation
on the greater use of reclaimed and recycled materials in construction.
Salvo
Tel: 01890 820333
Fax:
01890 820499
Email: salvo@salvo.co.uk
Website: www.salvo.co.uk
Publishes a directory of suppliers of reclaimed building materials
and architectural antiques. Monthly magazine called Salvonews.
Trada Technology
Tel: 01494
563091
Fax: 01494 565487
Email: information@trada.co.uk
Website: www.trada.co.uk
Consultancy on use of wood in construction.
Electronic equipment and accessories
ICER (Industry Council for Electronic Equipment
Recycling)
Tel: 0207 729 4766
Fax: 0207 729 9121
Email: ws@icer.org.uk
Website: www.icer.org.uk
United Kingdom Cartridge Recycling Association
Tel:
01706 525050
Fax: 01706 647440
Email: info@ukcra.com
Website: www.ukcra.com
Aim is to provide printer users with proven high quality products,
through its members, that are cost effective, environmentally friendly alternatives to imported toner cartridges.
Glass
British Glass
Tel: 0114 268
6201
Fax: 0114 268 1073
Email: recycling@britglass.co.uk
Website: www.britglass.co.uk
British Glass maintains a directory of bottle bank sites and
provides information and advice on glass recycling.
Glass Technology Services
Tel:
0114 290 1801
Fax: 0114 268 1073
Email: info@glass-ts.com
Website: www.glass-ts.com
Technical service and consultancy organisation working with
glass.
Glass pages
Website: www.glasspages.com
An online directory of glass companies.
Recycle-more-glass initiative
Website:
www.recycle-more-glass.co.uk
Site from Valpack designed to encourage increased glass recycling
from licensed premises.
Metal
Alfed
Tel: 0121 456 1103
Fax:
0121 456 2274
Email: alfed@alfed.org.uk
Website: www.alfed.org.uk
The Aluminium Federation is the Trade Association which represents
the UK aluminium industry, from the primary sector through to the end users and recycling sectors.
Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation
(ALUPRO)
Tel: 0345 227722 / 01789 490609
Fax: 01789 490391
Email: info@alupro.org.uk
Website: www.alupro.org.uk
Materials organisation for aluminium packaging recycling. Promotes
foil and can recycling. Free information packs.
British Metals Federation
Website:
www.britmetfed.org.uk
Representing metal recyclers.
The British Non-Ferrous Metals Federation
Tel:
0121 456 3322
Fax: 0121 456 1394
Email: copperuk@compuserve.com
Steel Can Recycling Information Bureau
Tel:
020 7379 1306
Fax: 020 7379 1307
Website: www.scrib.org
Provides up-to-date information on how and where to recycle
steel cans, the locations of magnetic extraction units and Save-a-Can sites. Free schools pack, leaflets, posters, and videos.
Runs Friends of Save-a-Can.
Oils, solvents and other chemicals
Chemical Recycling Association
Tel:
0161 439 7589
Fax: 0161 439 7589
Email: cra@cwcom.net
Trade Association for companies operating in the solvent and
chemical recycling field.
Halon Users National Consortium and Refrigerant
Users Group
Tel: 01730 264040
Fax: 01730 269042
Email: halon@hunc.org
Website: www.hunc.org
Acts as a clearing house for putting those who need to continue
using recycled CFCs in touch with those who have spare CFCs for sale. First refrigerant bank in Europe.
Oil Recycling Association
Tel:
0161 439 7589
Fax: 0161 439 7589
Email: ora@cwcom.net
Trade association for companies engaged in the recovery and
recycling of oil and vehicle servicing wastes.
Organic material (compost)
The Composting Association
Tel:
024 7663 5786
Fax: 024 7663 5867
Email: composting@hotmail.com
Website: www.compost.org.uk
Aims to promote, and set standards for, green waste composting.
Advice and information for local and county councils. Agreed standards for ensuring compost is a non-contaminated, saleable
commodity.
National Compost Development Association
Tel:
01756 753450
Fax: 01756 753420
Email: ncda@leeds.ac.uk
Represents a wide spectrum of interests within the composting
industry. Activities planned are conferences, lobbying and a members' newsletter.
Packaging - general
INCPEN - Industry Council for Packaging
and the Environment
Tel: 020 7409 0949
Fax: 020 7409 0161
Email: info@incpen.org
Website: www.incpen.org
Information and advice on packaging waste management, including
recycling.
Paper and board (fibre)
Association of Makers of Soft Tissue Papers
(AMSTP)
Tel: 01793 889616
Fax: 01793 886182
Website: www.confedpaper.org.uk/amstp/amstp.htm
British Printing Industries Federation
Tel:
020 7915 8300
Fax: 020 7405 7784
Website: www.britishprint.com
Represents the carton manufacturers and roll labelling manufacturers.
British Recovered Paper Association
Tel:
01793 889624
Fax: 01793 886182
Web: www.recycledpaper.org.uk
To promote, protect and enhance the interests and stature of
the United Kingdom recovered paper collection and processing industry and its members.
Corrugated Packaging Association
Tel:
01604 621002
Fax: 01604 620636
Email: postbox@corrugated.org.uk
Promotes the interest of companies in the UK fibreboard industry.
Directory Recycling Scheme
Website:
www.yell.com
Information relevant to recycling of telephone directories.
National Association of Paper Merchants
Tel:
01932 569797
Fax: 01932 569749
Email: info@napm.org.uk
Website: www.napm.org.uk
NAPM approved scheme for branded papers and boards which comply
with the NAPM definition of recycled paper (75% minimum recycled content). Logo available to indicate approval. Can supply
a list of all approved brands.
The Paper Federation of Great Britain
Tel:
01793 889600
Fax: 01793 886182
Email: fedn@paper.org.uk
Website: www.paper.org.uk
Maintains a list of paper mills who produce recycled paper,
and can provide fact sheets on recycled paper products.
Pulp and Paper Information Centre
Tel:
01793 889615
Fax: 01793 886182
Email: ppic@paper.org.uk
Website: www.ppic.org.uk
Provides factual information about the pulp and paper industry
with an emphasis on environmental issues.
Plastic
Association of Plastics Manufacturers in
Europe (APME)
Tel: +32 2 672 8259
Fax: +32 2 675 3935
Email: info.apme@apme.org
Website:www.apme.org
British Plastics Federation
Tel:
020 7457 5000
Fax: 020 7457 5045
Email:info@bpf.co.uk
Website: www.bpf.co.uk
Fact sheets available on plastics and the environment. Website
contains links to member companies.
Expanded Polystyrene Packaging Group
Tel:
020 7457 5014
Fax: 020 7457 5045
Email: info@eps.co.uk
Website: www.eps.co.uk
Promotes the use of expanded polystyrene for packaging and
to increase the rate of recycling.
Packaging and Industrial Films Association
Tel:
0115 942 2445
Fax: 0115 942 2650
Email: pifa@pifa.co.uk
Website: www.pifa.co.uk
Represents the plastic film industry and sets industry standards.
RECOUP
Tel: 01733 390021
Fax:
01733 390029
Email: enquiry@recoup.org
Website: www.recoup.org
Promotes the recovery of plastic bottles.
Rubber
European Tyre Recyling Association (ETRA)
Tel:
+33 1 45 00 37 77
Fax: +33 1 45 00 83 47
Email: etra@euronet.be
European organisation concerned exclusively with the tyre recycling
industry.
Retread Manufacturers Association
Tel:
01782 417777
Fax: 01782 417766
Email: rma@ndirect.co.uk
Website: www.retreaders.org.uk
Represents UK manufacturers of commercial vehicle and passenger
car retread and remould tyres.
Tyre Industry Council
Tel: 020
7734 6363
Email: tic@tyresafety.co.uk
Website: www.tyresafety.co.uk
Has established the Responsible Recycler Scheme to ensure that
used tyres are re-used and recycled in ways that comply with European and UK regulations, and to encourage best practice within
the industry.
Textiles
Textile Recycling Association
Tel:
01480 455249
Fax: 01480 453680
Email: tra@britmetrec.org.uk
Freely available list of wiping cloth manufacturers. Information
and advice on all issues relating to textile reclamation.
Timber
Flora and Fauna International
Tel:
01223 571000
Fax: 01223 461481
Email: info@fauna-flora.org
Website: www.fauna-flora.org
Have published a 40 page report An Introduction to Wood
Waste in the UK, plus other information available.
PalletLink
Tel: 01494 558282
Fax: 01494 558383
Email: info@palletlink.co.uk
Website: www.palletlink.co.uk
Provide technical help to pallet and box manufacturers and
can provide details of companies involved in pallet repair and recycling.
Timber Recycling Information Centre
Website:
www.recycle-it.org
Wood Panel Industries Federation
Tel:
01476 563707
Fax: 01476 579314
Email: wpif.panelboards@virgin.net
Website: www.bcuc.ac.uk/technology/FPRC/Associates/wpif.html
Trade body whose members include manufacturers of wood particleboards
and fibreboards in the UK and Ireland.
Wood Recyclers' Association
Tel:
01480 455249
Fax: 01480 453680
Email: wood@britmetrec.org.uk
Website: www.woodrecyclers.sagenet.co.uk
Represents companies which generally carry out the chipping
and sorting of wood for delivery to the boardmakers.
Information about labelling and accreditation schemes
BSI Quality Assurance
Tel: 020
8996 9001
Fax: 020 8996 7001
Email: info@bsi.org.uk
Website: www.bsi-global.com
Works with manufacturing and service industries, businesses
and government to facilitate the production of British, European and international standards.
Deutsches Institut fur Gutesicherung und
Kennzeichnung e.
Website: www.blauer-engel.de
For further information about the Blue Angel accreditation
scheme.
Duales System Deutschland GmbH
Tel:
+49 2203 9370
Fax: +49 2203 937191
Website: www.gruener-punkt.de
Administers the Green Dot system to enable manufacturers and
distributors to comply with the German Packaging Ordinance.
Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS)
Website:
www.emas.org.uk
European Eco-label scheme
Websites:
europa.eu.int/comm/environment/ecolabel/index.htm
www.defra.gov.uk/environment/ecolabel/
International Environmental Standard (ISO
14000)
Website: www.iso14000.com
Green claims code
Website: www.defra.gov.uk
DEFRA's code on the provision of 'green claims' for products
National Association of Paper Merchants
Tel:
01932 569797
Fax: 01932 569749
Email: info@napm.org.uk
Website: www.napm.org.uk
NAPM approved scheme for branded papers and boards which comply
with the NAPM definition of recycled paper (75% minimum recycled content). Logo available to indicate approval. Can supply
a list of all approved brands.
RESY GmbH
Tel: +49 6151 92 94
22
Fax: +49 6151 92 94 52
Website: www.resy.de/ind-eng.htm
The RESY symbol indicates that shipping containers and packaging
made of paper or corrugated board which carry it will be accepted for recycling by the German paper industry.
SIS Environmental Labelling System
Tel:
+46 8 610 30 33
Fax: +46 8 30 77 57
Email: info@sis.se
Website: www.sis.se/english/default.asp
For further details on the Nordic White Swan labelling scheme.
Soil Association
Tel: 0117 929
0661
Fax: 0117 925 2504
Email: info@soilassociation.org
Website: www.soilassociation.org
Promotes organic agriculture. Runs 'Soil Association Symbol
Scheme' for organic produce.
TSO (The Stationery Office)
Tel:
0870 600 5522
Website: www.tso.co.uk
Publishes a register of quality assured companies, the DTI
QA 96, in hardcopy or CD ROM. Information on registered companies also available by phone.
Organisations promoting the production and purchasing of recycled
products
Action for Sustainable Living (AfSL)
Tel:
0845 4564468
Email: info@AFSL.greenisp.org
Website: www.andersonboyd.charitydays.co.uk
AfSL supports people to live more sustainably by visiting them
at home and giving simple, practical advice. They also put people in touch with each other so that they can find local solutions
to local problems. AfFL provide these services in the Chorlton area of Manchester, and have plans for significant expansion.
BioRegional Development Group
Tel:
0208 773 2322
Fax: 0208 773 2878
Email: bdg@bioregional com
Website: www.bioregional.com
Promoting local recycling and buy-back of office and graphics
paper 'local paper for London' scheme.
Centre for Sustainable Design
Tel:
01252 732229
Fax: 01252 732274
Email: cfsd@surrart.ac.uk
Website: www.cfsd.org.uk
Encourages innovative thinking on green product development
issues, including design for reuse and recycling.
Crafts Council
Website: www.craftscouncil.org.uk
Has information about craft workers using recycled materials
London Remade
Tel: 020 7665
1536
Fax: 020 7665 1501
Email: info@londonremade.com
Website: www.londonremade.com
REMADE Scotland
Tel: 0141 404
8890
Fax: 0141 404 8891
Email: remade@gcal.ac.uk
Website: www.remade.org.uk
Proactive Procurement
Tel: 07747 038925
Fax:
0118 969 8074
Email: khpro@tivego.fsnet.co.uk
Website: www.proactiveprocurement.com
Proactive Procurement is an organisation working within the
building sector of the construction industry, promoting the use of recycled material.
Wales Environment Trust
Tel:
01633 811806
Fax: 01666 811807
Email: info@walesenvtrust.org.uk
Website: www.walesenvtrust.org.uk
Creating Welsh Markets for REcyclate (CWMRE) initiative aims
to develop markets for secondary materials in Wales.
Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP)
Tel:
01295 819900
Fax: 01295 819911
Email: info@wrap.org.uk
Website: www.wrap.org.uk
WRAP is committed to increasing the use of recycled materials
by industry in the UK and to the development of the UK's recycling infrastructure.
Overseas sites promoting or selling recycled products
Clean Washington Centre
Tel:
+1 206 464 7040
Fax: +1 206 464 6902
Website: www.cwc.org
The Clean Washington Centre in the USA aims to develop markets
for recycled materials. The site has summaries of its publications.
Close the Loop
Website: www.close-the-loop.com
US based company supplying rubber mulch for playgrounds and
horse arenas, playground swings made from tyres, plus gift and promotional items from glass, PET, newsprint, money and blue
jeans.
Greenweave International
Website: www.greenweave.com
Clothing made from recycled fibres.
Impression marketing
Website: www.impression.ca
A manufacturer of promotional products based in Ontario, Canada.
Some of their products are made from recycled materials.
Plastics Resource
Website: recycledproducts.plasticsresource.com
Directory of products made from recycled plastic for United
States and Canada
Unique Web Store
Website: www.uniquewebstore.com
Company based in Wisconsin in the USA, which sells products
made from recycled bicycle parts.
Rosinco - The Friendly Marker
Website:
www.rosinco.com
Swedish based company manufacturing markers using recycled
paper for the barrel. The markers also use environmentally friendly ink.
Information about green purchasing
European Green Purchasing Network
Tel:
+32 2 771 1534
Fax: +32 2 539 4815
Email: info@epe.be
Website: www.epe.be
Supported by the European Commission, the forum promotes green
purchasing as an essential component of a sustainability policy.
Environmentally Preferable Purchasing
Website:
www.epa.gov/opptintr/epp
Information from the United States Environmental Protection
Agency on envrironmentally preferable purchasing, with guides and case studies
Greener by Design
Website: www.biothinking.com
Information about designing products which are better for the
environment.
General waste and recycling contacts, including government departments
Department of the Environment in Northern
Ireland
Tel: 028 9054 0540
Email: press@doeni.gov.uk
Website: www.doeni.gov.uk
Department for Environment, Food and Rural
Affairs (DEFRA)
Tel: 0207 7238 6000
Fax: 0207 7238 6591
Website: www.defra.gov.uk
Lead government department on developing markets for recycled
materials.Contact address for copies of the Green Claims Code, Market Development Report, Government Consultation documents
and other free literature.
Department of Trade & Industry
Tel:
020 7215 1036
Fax: 020 7205 5835
Website: www.dti.gov.uk
DTI has main responsibility in Whitehall for recycling, with
particular interest in industrial recycling and encouraging markets for recycled products.
Environment Agency
Tel: 0645
333111 / 01454 624400
Fax: 01454 624409
Website: www.environment-agency.gov.uk
Local waste minimisation and recycling guides available in
some areas.
Environmental Services Association
Tel:
020 7824 8882
Fax: 020 7824 8753
Email: info@esauk.org
Website: www.esauk.org
Trade association representing the waste management industry
and related environmental services.
Envirowise
Tel: 0800 585794
Website:
www.envirowise.gov.uk
Government programme to provide information to businesses on
environmental issues. Free helpline by telephone and through website. Managed by AEA Technology.
Institute of Wastes Management
Tel:
01604 620426
Fax: 01604 621339
Email: education@iwm.co.uk
Website: www.iwm.co.uk
Association for waste management professionals.
LetsRecycle website
Website:
www.letsrecycle.com
Regular industry news and contacts for recyclers and reprocessors.
Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee
(LARAC)
Tel: 01544 267860
Fax: 01544 267860
Email: larac@btinternet.com
Website: www.larac.org.uk
Provides a forum for local authority recycling officers.
London Remade
Tel: 020 7665
1454
Fax: 020 7665 1501
Website www.capitalwastefacts.com
This innovative site is dedicated to providing information
about waste and recycling in London.
Recyle-more
Website: www.recycle-more.co.uk
A very useful site for finding your local recycling facilities,
as well as further information on recycling in general and labelling.
Residua
Tel: 01756 709800
Fax:
01756 709801
Email: bulletin@residua.com
Website: www.residua.com
Provides information on sustainable waste management and recovery
of resources from waste. Publishes the Warmer Bulletin.
Save Waste And Prosper Limited (SWAP)
Tel:
0113 243 8777
Fax: 0113 234 4222
Email: mail@swap-web.co.uk
Website: www.swap-web.co.uk
Consultancy specialising in sustainable resource management,
waste minimisation and recycling.
Scottish Environmental Protection Agency
(SEPA)
Tel: 01786 457700
Fax: 01786 448040
Email: publicaffairs@sepa.org.uk
Website: www.sepa.org.uk
Scottish Executive
Tel: 0131
556 8400
Fax: 0131 244 8240
Email: ceu@scotland.gov.uk
Website: www.scotland.gov.uk
TecWeb
Website: www.tecweb.com
News and links concerned with recycling.
Waste Watch
Tel: 020 7089 2100
Fax:
020 7403 4802
Email: info@wastewatch.org.uk
Website: www.wastewatch.org.uk
National voluntary organisation promoting awareness on waste
reduction, re-use, recycling and buying recycled. The Waste Watch Wasteline information service can be contacted on 0870 243
0136.
