Useful external website links
Included here is a list of useful links for further information about recycling and waste management. Adur and Worthing Council Services is not responsible for the contents of these external websites. If you would like to include a potentially useful link that could be of benefit to local residents please contact AWCS for the request to be considered.
- Recycle for West Sussex (www.recycleforwestsussex.org)
- Better Tomorrows (www.bettertomorrows.org.uk)
- New Waste Treatment Plant for West Sussex http://www.biffacorporate.co.uk/westsussex
- Buy Recycled Campaign (www.recycledproducts.org.uk)
- Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (www.ciwm.co.uk)
- Cleaning Expert - cleaning tips and advice (www.cleaningexpert.co.uk)
- Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (www.defra.gov.uk)
- Environment Agency (www.environment-agency.gov.uk)
- Envirowise : Environmental advice for businesses (www.envirowise.gov.uk)
- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GreenCycleAdur/ and http://groups.freecycle.org/worthing-freecycle/posts/all- these are local Freecycle sites for people to get rid of items that are no longer useful to them but may be of some use to others.
- Charity shops :Many charity shops will recycle or sell on clothing, furniture, electrical goods, stamps, foreign currency, toner cartridges and mobile phones. By donating or recycling your unwanted goods you can help raise vital funds for their work with disadvantaged or older people. Links to some of the organisations' websites are listed alphabetically below :
- Age Concern (www.ageconcern.org.uk/AgeConcern/shop_donations.asp)
- Barnardos (www.barnardos.org.uk/donate/donating_goods.htm)
- British Heart Foundation (www.bhf.org.uk/shop_with_bhf/our_shops/donating_goods.aspx)
- British Red Cross (www.redcross.org.uk/standard.asp?id=71315)
- Cancer Research UK (www.cancerresearchuk.org/donate/other_ways_donate/donatinggoods/)
- Help the Aged (www.helptheaged.org.uk/en-gb/HowYouCanHelp/Recycling/)
- Mind (www.mind.org.uk/help/mind_in_your_areas/shops/donations)
- Oxfam website (https://www.oxfam.org.uk/donate/shops)
- Scope (www.scope.org.uk/shop/scopeshops.shtml)
- Hospices :
- Martletts Hospice, Hove, East Sussex (www.themartlets.org.uk/get_involved/retail/)
- St Barnabas Hospice, Worthing, West Sussex (www.stbarnabas-hospice.org.uk/default.asp?id=44&ver=1)
- Chestnut Tree House Children's Hospice, Poling, West Sussex (www.chestnut-tree-house.org.uk/default.asp?id=42&ver=1)
- See also :
- Association of Charity Shops (www.charityshops.org.uk)
- Nappies :
- WSCC : Real Nappy Initiative (www.bettertomorrows.org.uk/page/Real-Nappy-Initiative/11/)
- WSCC : Waste prevention - for better tomorrows (www.westsussex.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/category.jsp?categoryID=955134&g11n.enc=UTF-8)
- http://www.goreal.org.ukWomen's (www.wen.org.uk/nappies) Environmental Network : Nappies
- Rag and Bone (www.rag-and-bone.co.uk)
- Recycle Now (www.recyclenow.com)
- Recycling expert (www.recyclingexpert.co.uk)
- Recycling Guide (www.recycling-guide.org.uk)
- Recycling information (www.recycle-more.co.uk)
- Recycling (local authority) (www.larac.org.uk)
- Recycling (small businesses) (www.reducetheuse.co.uk)
- Reuze (www.reuze.co.uk)
- Slim Your Bin (www.slimyourbin.org.uk)
- Think Cans (www.thinkcans.net - website temporarily unavailable, but you could try cutting and pasting the website address into your web browser)
- The Ultimate Guide to Recycling http://www.teamgreenbritain.org/Article/product-by-product-recycling - this is brought by Team Green, under the auspices of the 2012 Olympic organisers. Provides useful information about lesser known recycling outlets.
- WRAP (Waste and Resource Action Programme) (www.wrap.org.uk)
- Waste reduction, reuse and recycling (www.wastewatch.org.uk/Homepage)
- WSCC : Waste prevention - for better tomorrows (www.westsussex.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/category.jsp?categoryID=955134&g11n.enc=UTF-8)
- WSCC : A to Z of recyclable materials (www.westsussex.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/environment/rubbish-waste-and-recycling/recycling/a-to-z-of-recyclable-materials)
Last Updated : Monday, December 5, 2011 (14:42)
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