Posts Tagged ‘re-use’

Re-use & Recycling

Monday, May 26th, 2008

A list of organisations that can help you to recyle or reuse your unwanted items. Click on the green headings to visit sites/download information.

  • Be really green and recycle close to home.
    For neighbourhood recycling points in and around our 3 villages download this leaflet.
  • Blue Bin Recycling in Babergh District
    Need to know what you can put in your blue bin for recycling? This leaflet will tell you all you need to know.
  • Community Repaint
    A national network for redistributing unwanted paint thereby helping local communities and reducing the impact of this waste on the environment
  • Freecycle
    A worldwide network, with UK groups, for giving and exchanging unwanted items.
  • Junkk.com
    A website setup to introduce people to innovative ideas to help save the planet.
  • Oil Bank
    A website for locating an oil bank closest to you so that you can dispose your waste engine oil.
  • Pesticide Action Network UK
    Information on your local council’s means of assisting the safe disposal of pesticides.
  • Re-Cycle : Bicycle Aid for Africa
    A british charity set up to provide cheap, sustainable transport to less devolved countries.
  • Read-It-Swap-It!
    Book swapping website for the avid reader.
  • Recycle
    A bit like ebay but a free means of recycling unwanted goods around the UK.
  • Recycle It
    This organisation recycles business computers and at the same time is a social enterprise providing training, paid work experience and real jobs for homeless and other long term unemployed people.
  • Recycle-More
    A one-stop recycling information centre that helps and advises on all aspects of recycling at home, at school and in the workplace. Has a search database of local recycling schemes.
  • RecycleNow
    A general website encouraging recycling in its many forms
  • ThinkCans.com
    Website promoting recycling aluminium cans. Teacher’s resources and advice on raising money for charities.
  • TWAM - Tools with a Mission
    A christian charity, on our doorstep, that sends tool across the world to enablepeople to earn a living and support themselves.