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Links - Recycling and waste information
Local waste and recycling information
- Norfolk County Council - Rubbish, waste and recycling
- If the link does not work, from the NCC home page choose "Environment" and then "Rubbish, waste and recycling".
- Breckland Council - waste and recycling
- Recycling collection information, recycling facilities, and more.
- Broadland District Council - refuse and recycling
- If the link does not work, from the Broadland home page choose "Environment" and then "Rubbish, waste and recycling".
- Great Yarmouth Council - Recycling and waste
- Household collections and recycling banks.
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk Council - Household recycling
- Info on the collection scheme and general links.
- Norwich City Council - recycling
- What's recycled where, also collection information and seasonal stuff like Christmas tree recycling.
- North Norfolk Council - refuse and recycling
- Info on the twin bin scheme and links to other resources.
- South Norfolk Council - Household waste and recycling
- Information on collection schemes and bring sites as well as general recycling issues.
- Norfolk residents' composting offer
- 60-day free trial and reduced rates on composting bins, in association with Norfolk County Council.
- Your Rubbish, Your Choice
- Eastern Daily Press site - what you can do, why it's a problem, what happens when waste is recycled. Includes sections for each Norfolk council area and an article on Freecycle (November 2005).
- Community Recycling Network - Norfolk
- A membership organisation promoting community based sustainable waste management as a practical and effective way of tackling the UK's growing waste problem. Lots of local schemes and contacts.
General waste and recycling information
- Recycling Resources
- From Waste Management Information.
- Composting basics
- From the BBC's "How to be a gardener" series/online course, with Alan Titchmarsh.
- Environmental Information Exchange
- Links to the Waste section of this excellent resource from Oxford Brookes University - well worth exploring.
- Hoaxes about collecting waste for charity
- Interesting info (although source unverified) about hoax information on collections of milk bottle tops, crisp packets, etc.
- Junkk.com
- "A unique way to save the planet whilst saving and/or making money for all involved through making 2nd use an end-benefit driven brand concept." (Whatever that means :) Some cool ideas on reusing stuff, though!
- Let's Recycle.com
- A host of ideas and information on recycling, from an industry viewpoint. Includes news and jobs as well as useful lists of things like fridge and tyre recyclers.
- MPS online
- Fed up of junk mail? Look at the Direct Mail Assoc. registration site to stop receiving it.
- Recycle More
- Founded in 2000, and offers information on recycling to schools, households and businesses as well as links to other recycling resources.
- Recycle Now
- Sound, basic information for hoseholds on recycling in all aspects of life (working, playing, shopping, etc.).
- Recycled Products
- Demand for recycled products is what keeps recycling viable. You'll be amazed at what's on offer... and everything you buy helps the recycling cause.
- Reuze
- Reuze aims to bring together the three parts of the recyling problem. Those with waste to recycle, organisations that reuse that waste and products made from recycled waste.
- Slim Your Bin
- Concentrating on waste reduction, there is a Slim Your Bin roadshow detailed as well as local authority information.
- Sustainable UK Ltd
- Not-for-profit company helping people achieve a more sustainable lifestyle.
- The Recycle Zone
- Information for school pupils and teachers.
- The Weeeman
- The WEEE Man is made from the amount of waste electrical and electronic products that an average UK citizen - YOU - will throw away in YOUR lifetime, if YOU carry on disposing of products at the current rate.
- Waste Online
- The information section of Waste Watch. Loads of background on waste problems, solutions, legislation etc.
- Waste Watch
- A charitable organisation promoting reduction, re-use and recycling in the UK.
- Waste-related links at EcoEstates
- EcoEstates is an online directory of environmentally friendly products, services and information.
- Resource Futures
- Sustainable waste management.
Last modified: 19th August 2006
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