Links

You can use these links to find out more about waste and other environmental issues in Scotland and the rest of the UK. A wide range of organisations can provide useful information and services to help you Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.

Select a category from the links filter to see links relating to a specific topic.

Campaigns

 

Dumb Dumpers - www.dumbdumpers.org
The Dumb Dumpers website provides information on what you can do if you see waste being dumped illegally. It also provides background information about the Scottish Fly Tipping Forum.

 

 

Ecotivity - www.ecotivity.com
Ecotivity is a review and directory website that promotes green and ethical consumerism, fairtrade and eco-lifestyles.

 

 

Encams - www.encams.org
ENCAMS is an environmental charity that campaigns directly to the public, best known for the Keep Britain Tidy campaign, which has been running for over fifty years.

 

 

Friends of the Earth - www.foe.org
Friends of the Earth is the world's largest network of environmental groups.

 

 

Go Green Bags - www.gogreenbags.com
Go Green Bags is a campaign in Fife and the surrounding area to encourage shoppers to carry a recyclable bag.

 

 

It`s Our Future - www.itsourfuture.co.uk
It`s Our Future is a major Scottish Government communications campaign to get people thinking about their legacy for future generations. It aims to encourage more people, especially parents and children, to think now about the steps we can all take to live within our environmental means.

 

 

Keep Scotland Beautiful - www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org
Keep Scotland Beautiful is an environmental charity which aims to achieve litter free and sustainable environments by co-ordinating a number of programmes, including the Blue Flag award scheme, Eco Schools, Eco Congregation and People & Places

 

 

NHHWF - www.nhhwf.org.uk
The National Household Hazardous Waste Forum (NHHWF) is a stakeholder-led initiative to seek practical solutions to the many problems associated with the management of household hazardous waste (HHW), including collection, recycling and safe disposal.

 

 

Recycle Now - www.recyclenow.com
Recycle Now is a campaign operated by WRAP in Engalnd and Wales that aims to encourage you to recycle more stuff more often.

 

 

Scottish Oil Care Campaign - www.oilcare.org
The Scottish Oil Care Campaign promotes the responsible delivery, storage, use and disposal of oil and oil related products in Scotland.

 

 

SEPA Waste Minimisation Programme - www.sepa.org.uk/waste/resource_efficiency.aspx
The SEPA waste minimisation programme promotes the benefits of waste minimisation to all businesses.

 

 

Wake Up To Waste - www.wakeuptowaste.org
Wake Up To Waste is a campaign promoting the three R’s in Northern Ireland.

 

 

Waste Aware Business - www.wasteawarebusiness.org.uk
Any business based in Scotland can use the Waste Aware Business website and Business Recycling Directory to access information about local and national recycling and reuse services from a range of service providers.

 

 

Waste Aware Construction - www.wasteawareconstruction.org.uk
Website and Poster Creator specifically for Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste to encourage Reduce, Reuse and Recycle in this sector.

 

 

Waste Aware Grampian - www.wasteawaregrampian.org.uk
Local website for information about what is happening in Waste Aware Grampian to promote Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.

 

 

Waste Aware Tayside - www.wasteawaretayside.org.uk
Local website for information about what is happening in Waste Aware Tayside to promote Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.

 

 

Waste Awareness Wales - www.wasteawarenesswales.org.uk
Waste Awareness Wales is a joint Welsh Local Government Association and Keep Wales Tidy project to promote the three R’s across Wales.

 

 

WaterSense - www.watersense.org.uk
The Watersense campaign is working to reduce the input of household chemicals into the water environment.

 

 

WEN - www.wen.org.uk
The Women's Environmental Network (WEN) is a campaigning organisation that represents women and campaigns on issues that link women, environment and health.

 

 

Woodland Trust (The) - www.woodland-trust.org.uk
The Woodland Trust is the UK`s leading conservation charity dedicated to the protection of our native woodland heritage and operates the annual Christmas Card Recycling Scheme.

 

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