DIRECTORY OF NATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
If you have unwanted goods and you think somebody else could recycle or reuse them, then please follow one of the links below to find out who will accept your unwanted goods.
| By Organisation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Charity Shops | Local reuse & recycling organisations | National Organisations |
DIRECTORY BY NATIONAL ORGANISATION
| Association of Charity Shops | |
 | Central House, 14 Upper Woburn Place, London, WC1H 0AE |
 | 020 7255 4470 |
 | mail@charityshops.org.uk |
 | www.charityshops.org.uk |
| Dedicated to supporting charities who run shops as part of their fundraising activities. | |
| Alupro | |
 | Ros Sheppard |
| 1 Brockhill Court, Brockhill Lane, Redditch, B97 6RB |
| 01527 597757 |
| www.alupro.org.uk |
| Recycling aluminium packaging in the UK | |
| Chartered Institute of Waste Management | |
| 9 Saxon Court, St Peter's Gardens, Marefair, Northampton, NN1 1SX |
| 01604 620426 |
 | 01604 621339 |
| technical@ciwm.co.uk |
| www.ciwm.co.uk |
| Leading professional body for waste and resource management. | |
| Communicycle | |
| communicycle@communicycle.com |
| www.communicycle.com |
| Aims to connect people who want to pass on unwanted items with those who might find them useful, support communities, reduce waste of useable items going to landfill, encourage creative use of items. | |
| Community Composting Network | |
| Nick Mcallister |
| CCN, 67 Alexandra Road, Sheffield, S2 3EE |
| 0114 258 0483 |
| info@communitycompost.org |
| www.communitycompost.org |
| The Community Composting Network supports and promotes the community management and use of waste bio-degradable resources. It is a member's organisation, self-managed by an elected committee of members. | |
| Composting Association | |
| Avon House, Tithe Barn Road, Wellingborough, Northants NN8 1DH |
| 0870 160 3270 |
| 0870 160 3280 |
| tca@hdra.org.uk |
| www.compost-uk.org.uk |
| Collects and spreads information for the trade, and works to set standards. Provides a united voice in UK, promoting benefits of composting to government and public. Operates certification schemes for compost and compostable packaging. | |
| Community Recycling Network | |
| CRN, Trelawney House, Surrey Street, Bristol, BS2 8PS |
| 0117 9420142 |
| 0117 908 0225 |
| info@crn.org.uk |
| www.crn.org.uk |
| Umbrella membership organisation for UK community-based recycling and waste management organisations and businesses. Promotes community-based sustainable waste management as a practical and effective way of tackling UK's growing waste problem. | |
| Department for Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) | |
| Information Resource Centre, Lower Ground Floor, Ergon House, C/o Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London, SW1P 3JR |
| 08459 33 55 77 |
| helpline@defra.gsi.gov.uk |
| www.defra.gov.uk |
| Defra (the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) works for the essentials of life - food, air, land, water, people, animals and plants. Our remit is the pursuit of sustainable development - weaving together economic, social and environmental concerns. | |
| Emmaus UK Office | |
| Rosi Jack |
| 48 Kingston Street, Cambridge, CB1 2NU |
| 01223 576103 |
| contact@emmaus.org.uk |
| www.emmaus.org.uk |
| Emmaus Communities offer homeless men and women a home, work and the chance to rebuild their self-respect in a supportive, community environment. | |
| East of England Development Agency | |
| Jo Hefford |
| The Business Centre, Station Road, Histon, Cambridgeshire, CB4 9LQ |
| 01223 713900 |
| knowledge@eeda.org.uk |
| www.eeda.org.uk |
| The East of England Development Agency (EEDA) is the driving force behind sustainable economic growth and regeneration in the East of England | |
| English Nature | |
| Northminster House, Peterborough, PE1 1UA |
| 01733 455101 |
| 01733 455103 |
| enquiries@english-nature.org.uk |
| www.english-nature.org.uk |
| Works in partnership to conserve and enhance our landscapes and natural environment, to promote countryside access and recreation as well as public well-being, now and for future generations. | |
| Environment Council | |
| 212 High Holborn, LONDON WC1V 7VW |
| 0207 836 2626 |
| 0207 242 1180 |
| moh@envcouncil.org.uk |
| www.envcouncil.org.uk |
| Independent charity encouraging more environment-friendly and sustainable business practice. Organises events to build relationships and find practical solutions. Training in business, including consensus building. | |
| Envirowise | |
| 0800 585794 |
| www.envirowise.gov.uk |
| Government programme to minimise waste. Offers free, independent advice, information to help small and medium size businesses on practical ways to minimise waste, introduce sustainability into the workplace, convert turnover into profit, and ensure compliance with environmental legislation. | |
| Government Office for the East of England | |
| Eastbrook, Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge, CB2 2DF |
| 01223 372500 |
| 01223 372501 |
| Enquiries.GOEast@goeast.gsi.gov.uk |
| www.go-east.gov.uk |
| The Government Office for the East of England covers Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk. We bring together into a single operation the varied regional activities of a range of Government departments with the aim of making the region a better place to live and work in. | |
| Green Choices | |
| PO Box 31617, London SW2 4FF |
| info@greenchoices.org |
| www.greenchoices.org/recycling.html |
| Free, independent, not-for-profit web guide to greener living. It has no products to sell or promote, only ideas and information to help people make greener choices in their day-to-day lives. | |
| Henry Doubleday Research Association | |
| Ryton Organic Gardens, Coventry, Warwickshire, CV8 3LG |
| 02476 303517 |
| 02476 639229 |
| enquiry@hdra.org.uk |
| www.hdra.org.uk |
| Dedicated to researching, improving and promoting organic gardening, farming, food, and commercial organic growing, and offering practical advice. Carries out scientific research into horticultural techniques that do not rely on chemicals, and regularly helps media, industry and statutory bodies. | |
| Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee | |
| Mark Allen (Eastern rep) |
| 01603 638 060 |
| www.larac.org.uk |
| Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee is the leading national local authority organisation promoting waste reduction and recycling. | |
| National Association Councils for Voluntary Service | |
| 177 Arundel Street, Sheffield, S1 2NU |
| 0114 278 6636 |
| 0114 278 7004 |
| nacvs@nacvs.org.uk |
| www.nacvs.org.uk |
| National Association of Councils for Voluntary Service helps to promote voluntary and community action by supporting our member CVS and by acting as a national voice for the local voluntary and community sector. | |
| Nearbyyou | |
| Burlington Buildings, 11 Orford Place, Norwich, Norfolk, NR1 3RU |
| 01603 615200 |
| info@nearbuyou.com |
| www.nearbuyou.com |
| Nearbuyou is a national trading network for social enterprises and those that wish to trade with them. Find tenders, offers and requests or search for social enterprises near you. | |
| Save Waste and Prosper | |
| SWAP, 74 Kirkgate, Leeds, LS2 7DJ |
| 0113 243 8777 |
| 0113 234 4222 |
| mail@swap-web.co.uk |
| www.swap-web.co.uk |
| SWAP is an environmental consultancy specialising in waste management.Works with clients in government, commerce and industry to develop sustainable and cost-effective waste management solutions. Services include waste analysis, waste management strategy development, feasibility studies, communications campaigns and staff and supplier training. | |
| The Furniture Reuse Network | |
| 48-54 West Street, St Phillips, Bristol, BS2 0BL |
| 0117 954 3571 |
| 0117 954 3570 |
| info@frn.org.uk |
| www.frn.org.uk |
| Promotes the re-use of unwanted furniture and household effects for the alleviation of need, hardship, distress and poverty. | |
| The National Trust | |
| Westley Bottom, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 3WD |
| 01284 747500 |
| 01284 747506 |
| mparodi@ukonline.co.uk |
| www.nationaltrust.org.uk |
| We protect and open to the public over 300 historic houses and gardens and 49 industrial monuments and mills. | |
| The Waste Book | |
| David Oakley-Hill |
| info@wastebook.org |
| www.recycle.mcmail.com |
| Free on-line guide to recycling and sustainable waste management. | |
| Volunteering England | |
| Regents Wharf, 8 All Saints Street, LONDON NR1 9RL |
| 0207 388 9888 |
| 0207 388 0448 |
| information@volunteeringengland.org |
| www.volunteeringengland.org |
| National advisory agency on volunteering and community involvement. | |
| Waste and Resources Action Programme | |
| WRAP, The Old Academy, 21 Horse Fair, Banbury, Oxon, OX16 0AH |
| 0808 100 20 40 |
| 01295 819911 |
| helpline@wrap.org.uk |
| www.wrap.org.uk |
| Creating markets for recycled resources | |
| Waste Watch | |
| Waste Watch, 56-64 Leonard Street, London, EC2A 4JX |
| 020 7549 0300 |
| 020 7549 0301 |
| info@wastewatch.org.uk |
| www.wastewatch.org.uk |
| Waste Watch is the leading UK environmental charity promoting sustainable resource use. Waste Watch campaigns through policy development for all areas of society to reduce, reuse and recycle whilst working on changing attitudes and behaviour through projects and services. | |
| Wastewise Consultants | |
| Lewis Herbert |
| Michael Young Centre, Building 9c, Purbeck Road, Cambridge, CB2 2PF |
| 01223 411699 |
| lewis@wastewise.org.uk |
| Social enterprise and community development consultancy | |
| Women's Environmental Network | |
| PO Box 30626 London E1 1TZ |
| 020 7481 9004 |
| 020 7481 9144 |
| info@wen.org.uk |
| www.wen.org.uk |
| Campaign Organisation representing women and campaigns that link women, environment and health. | |
