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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.

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Recycling
 
ActionAid Recycling - www.actionaidrecycling.org.uk
ActionAid Recycling collect empty printer, photocopier and fax cartridges, and unwanted mobile phones, and donate the profits to the charity ActionAid, who work with over 9 million of the world`s poorest people.
 
 
Banana Green - www.bananagreen.com
Banana Green offer a mobile phone recycling service where you can sell your phone via a freepost envelope and get the cash sent back to you. Banana Green the arrange for the phone to be disposed of in an environmentally friendly way or reconditioned for reuse.
 
 
British Glass - www.britglass.co.uk
British Glass represents the UK glass industry and their website contains a range of useful information on glass recycling.
 
 
Cartridges4Charity - www.cartridges4charity.co.uk
Cartridges4Charity collect and recycle printer cartridges and mobile phones to raise funds for their charity partners.
 
 
Cash for Cans - www.thinkcans.com/think_aboutc4c.asp
The aluminium industry pays collectors cash for empty drink cans, making cash for cans recycling a great way to raise funds for good causes.
 
 
Confederation of Paper Industries - www.paper.org.uk
The Confederation of Paper Industries website provides a wide range of useful information and publications related to paper recycling.
 
 
Empty Cartridge - www.emptycartridge.co.uk
Empty Cartridge collect empty Laser and Inkjet printer cartridges for recycling from schools, colleges, charities, businesses and individuals throughout the UK.
 
 
Empty Inkjet Cartridge Fill Company - www.mfcopier.co.uk
National collection of used inkjet cartridges for recycling. Raise money for your charity or organization. Full prices posted on site.
 
 
Enviroglass - www.shetland-heritage.co.uk/enviroglass
Enviroglass is Shetland’s award winning glass recycling company, operated by Shetland Amenity Trust. Enviroglass recycle waste glass and develop innovative products made from recycled glass.
 
 
Environment & Greener Living Guide - www.direct.gov.uk/greenerliving
The online guide to greener living, from the UK government, is designed to help people living in England who want to find out what they can do in their everyday lives to tackle climate change and other environmental issues. The guide includes actions that can be taken covering the home, shopping, travel, food and drink, waste and recycling, energy and water saving, gardening, as well as being green in the workplace, school and community.
 
 
Glassforever - www.glassforever.co.uk
Glassforever provides information about glass packaging and how to recycle glass, including educational resources, games and case studies.
 
 
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.
 
 
Home Recycling - www.homerecycling.co.uk
Home Recycling sells a wide range of containers to help you recycle at home and offers tips on Reduce Reuse Recycle.
 
 
LARAC - www.larac.org.uk
The Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee (LARAC) is the leading national local authority organisation promoting waste reduction and recycling.
 
 
LESS (Luing, Easdale & Seil Solutions) - www.seil.oban.ws/less.html
LESS is a network of people from the three islands of Luing, Easdale and Seil who aim to help and encourage recycling.
 
 
Let’s Recycle - www.letsrecycle.com
The letsrecycle.com website provides a range of information, including recycling and waste management news and clubrecycle, the UK’s top recycling chat room.
 
 
MRW - www.mrw.co.uk
Materials Recycling Week (MRW) delivers news, in depth features and the latest product developments in the UK recycling and waste management industry. It also features coverage and analysis of materials prices, up-to-date information on legislative changes, developments in the machinery and vehicle sector, and all the latest job opportunities in the UK market. All the information in the magazine can be accessed by subscribers on this website.
 
 
Nathan`s Wastesavers - www.nathanswastesavers.co.uk
Nathan`s Wastesavers is the UK`s largest textile recycling company, servicing charity shops and textile recycling points with regular collections.
 
 
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.
 
 
Now Recycle - www.nowrecycle.co.uk
Nowrecycle - Suppliers of robust containers (quality recycling bins, gardening equipment, compost bins and kitchen bins) for the environment.
 
 
Plastics Recycling - www.plasticsrecycling.info
From Recoup, this website provides a range of useful information on the plastic recycling process.
 
 
Poly C Reclaimers - www.plasticwaste.co.uk
Poly C Reclaimers are specialised recyclers for all plastics, offering plastic recycling collection services to a range of organisations.
 
 
Recoup - www.recoup.org
Recoup is the UK's leading authority on plastics waste management, providing expertise and guidance to a wide range of clients across the plastics supply, use and disposal chain.
 
 
Recycle More - www.recycle-more.co.uk
Recycle More is the one-stop recycling information centre where you can find help and advice on all aspects of recycling at home, at school and in the workplace.
 
 
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.
 
 
Recycle Plastic - www.recycleplastic.org.uk
The WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) Recycle Plastic website is aimed at businesses either looking to recycle their unwanted plastics, or looking to buy recycled plastic to include in their processes.
 
 
Recycle This - www.recyclethis.co.uk
How can I Recycle This? is a website that provides creative ideas for reusing and recycling random stuff. New items are added regularly and you can share your ideas with other users.
 
 
Recycleinme - www.recycleinme.com
Online marketplace for scrap traders.
 
 
RecycleMate - www.recyclemate.co.uk
RecycleMate is a new, easy and hygienic way to sort and store household waste. It takes all types of household waste, from food waste to plastic, glass and paper. RecycleMate fits in any kitchen, as a built-in or stand-alone unit in place of a rubbish bin. Slide-out drawers and attachable wheeled buggy make it easy to put recycling out for collection or to take it to the recycling centre.
 
 
Recycling Appeal - www.recyclingappeal.com
The Recycling Appeal collects and recycles used printer cartridges and mobile phones for charity.
 
 
Recycling Expert - www.recyclingexpert.co.uk
Recycling Expert provides a unique reference point on recycling. It is a UK-wide resource for interesting features and practical advice on recycling.
 
 
Recycling Guide - www.recycling-guide.org.uk
The Recycling Guide website emphasises the importance of recycling and provides advice on how you can recycle at home and at school, and how to recycle different materials. The guide also has an easy to follow useful tips section.
 
 
Recycool - www.recycool.org
Recycool supports the school curriculum by helping schools with recycling, making it fun and rewarding.
 
 
redeem - www.redeemplc.com
redeem is the international leader in the recovery, recycling, buying and supplying of used printer cartridges and mobile phones. They specialise in providing substantial revenue streams to charities, NGOs, schools, community groups and commercial organisations.
 
 
Reduce Reuse Recycle - www.reducereuserecycle.co.uk
Reduce the amount of the Earth`s resources that we use. Reuse Don`t just bin it, could someone else make use of it? Recycle Can the materials be made into something new?
 
 
REMADE Scotland - www.remade.org.uk
REMADE Scotland is a major initiative which seeks to stimulate, develop and strengthen recyclate material markets in Scotland.
 
 
Reuze - www.reuze.co.uk
Reuze aims to bring together the three parts of the recycling problem. Those with waste to recycle, organisations that reuse that waste and products made from recycled waste.
 
 
Reverse Vending Systems - www.reversevending.com
Reverse Vending Systems is a UK distributor and operator of automated machines that utilise advanced technology to identify, sort, collect and process used beverage containers.
 
 
Save a Cup Recycling - www.saveacup.co.uk
The Save a Cup scheme collects and recycles hard-wall polystyrene vending cups from businesses in the UK.
 
 
Scouts Appeal - www.scoutsappeal.com
A scheme, operated by redeem plc, that helps scout groups to raise cash by recycling printer cartridges, mobile phones and PDAs.
 
 
Shanks Group - www.shanks.co.uk
Shanks Group plc is a modern waste and resource management company serving customers in the UK, Belgium and Holland. Shanks offers a wide and often innovative range of waste management solutions within its various collection, transport, recycling, treatment and disposal services.
 
 
Straight Recycling Systems - www.straight.co.uk
Straight plc supplies a range of recycling containers and home composters made using recycled materials.
 
 
Technosteria - www.technosteria.com
Technosteria is a useful source of information on the RoHS and WEEE directives, e-waste and other campaigns.
 
 
Thinkcans.com - www.thinkcans.com
Thinkcans.com is the website of Novelis Recycling, the leading recycler of used aluminium beverage cans. It contains a range of useful information about aluminium can recycling.
 
 
Too Good To Waste - www.toogoodtowaste.org.uk
An A-Z guide for reducing, reusing and recycling in the Glasgow area.
 
 
UK Energy Saving - Recycling - www.uk-energy-saving.com/recycling.html
The UK Energy Saving website gives help and advice on all aspects of recycling at home and in business.
 
 
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 Management Information - www.waste-management-information.org.uk
A very useful source of information on waste management and glass recycling.
 
 
Waste Watch - www.wastewatch.org.uk
Waste Watch work with community organisations, local and national government encouraging the environmental benefits of waste minimisation and recycling.
 
 
WEEE Partnership (The) - www.weeep.org
The WEEE Partnership collects disused electrical and electronic equipment for repair, refurbishment or recycling and can arrange collections if you have several items for uplift, eg office IT equipment.
 
 
Wheelie Bin ART - www.wheelie-bin-art.co.uk
Wheelie Bin ART Ltd design and supply a full range of fun and artistic stickers for wheelie bins.
 
 
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.
 
 
WRAP - www.wrap.org.uk
The Waste and Resources Action Programme`s mission is to accelerate resource efficiency by creating stable and efficient markets for recycled materials and products, while removing barriers to waste minimisation, reuse and recycling.
 
 
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