Waste and recycling
Jamie's Computers
Jamie’s Computers is the computer recycling social enterprise arm of The Society of St James; Southampton’s largest homeless charity, providing housing, care and support to homeless and vulnerable people. They offer a free professional and secure IT disposal service to businesses and individuals. They refurbish donated computers and make them available for reuse whilst anything that cannot be reused is recycled. They are in Southampton so are local. Recommended!
New Forest District Council's A to Z of litter
Recycling in the new Forest. However by collecting items such as computers, spectacles, aluminium and textiles separately, we can probably do more good!
Disposal Know How
Their mission is to be THE one-stop site bringing together all the latest information about the various means of recycling and ethical disposal available.
TerraCycle: Outsmart Waste
TerraCycle’s purpose is to eliminate the idea of waste. We do this by creating national recycling systems for the previously non-recyclable. The process starts by offering collect programmes (many of them free) to collect your waste and then convert the collected waste into a wide range of products and materials. Brilliant!
Waste Watch
From interactive theatre shows to peer learning programmes Waste Watch ensure the learning experiences they provide are fun and stimulating. They also offer a range of free teaching and learning resources.
The Pod - EDF Energy's programme for greener schools
The Pod is an interactive website for teachers and Eco-Coordinators. It provides high quality cross curricular teachings resources, activities and games as well as a place to share ideas and showcase your work. The Pod works in collaboration with Eco-Schools England to ensure all activities will help a school progress through the Eco-Schools process.
How we make stuff
This website, developed by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, explores how we can learn from living systems and rethink the way we design, make and use our stuff. It aims to encourage children and primary educators to explore the concept of a circular economy and to provide fun activities to stimulate debate.
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Inspiring a generation to re-think, re-design and build a positive future. Free resources for primary, secondary and higher education, with a focus on the circular economy concept.
Start UK
Start is a charitable initiative set up by HRH The Prince of Wales in 2010, with a mission to inspire people to start living more sustainably.
Recycling Box
Sadly a site called 'Each One Counts' has been discontinued. This was an inkjet cartridge and mobile phone recycling scheme that helps charities raise funds without costing schools a penny. It has been replaced by Recycling Box.
Freegle
Don't throw it away - give it away! Freegle is an email list hosted on Yahoo! Groups that allows you to give stuff away when you need to get rid of it but don’t want to throw it in the bin. Or save something from landfill by asking for it; perhaps someone has just what you need that they were about to throw away.
Roots & Shoots
The Roots & Shoots program is run by The Jane Goodall Institute (jgi) and is about making positive change happen through empowering young people with the inspiration and tools to make a difference - for our communities, for animals and for the environment.
Recycool
Recycool is a recycling and fundraising programme for schools, with over 5000 schools in the UK and Ireland taking part. Money is donated to your school for every empty printer cartridge, mobile phone and PDA they recycle - so the more you can collect, the more cash your school can raise!
Learn to Recycle
A comprehensive guide to recycling. GOOD! Learn to Recycle are based in Bristol and are a merger of three of the UK’s leading sustainable waste management businesses.
Music Magpie
A website for recycling unwanted CDs and DVDs. Music Magpie will send you money directly in exchange for your goods, or donate it to your charity of choice.
United Shoe Recycling Company
United Shoe Recycling Company offer schools a free shoe recycling service, and will pay schools £5 for every full bag of wearable shoes donated. United Shoe Recycling provide schools with free recycling bins, and will collect your shoes for free .
Disposal Know How
Their mission is to be THE one-stop site bringing together all the latest information about the various means of recycling and ethical disposal available.
TerraCycle: Outsmart Waste
TerraCycle’s purpose is to eliminate the idea of waste. We do this by creating national recycling systems for the previously non-recyclable. The process starts by offering collect programmes (many of them free) to collect your waste and then convert the collected waste into a wide range of products and materials.
Recycle Now Schools
Recycle Now Schools aims to provide primary and secondary school staff with information, advice and activities to guide you through the process of setting up and maintaining effective recycling schemes and taking a whole school approach to recycling.
Wastebuster
Wastebuster can encourage your children to minimise their waste, to carry their learning out of the classroom and into the home, the community and the wider world. Wastebuster is a video rich, multimedia teaching resource with cross-curricular films, practical activities and resources to make Wastebusting an exciting part of your curriculum.
‘Phil’ the Bag - Textile Recycling
'Phil' the Bag is a free clothing recycling initiative, helping your school raise funds from textile donations. Phil the Bag also provides you with free school resources and a free programme of practical classroom activities.
IT Schools Africa
IT Schools Africa is a registered charity with a mission to transform IT education in Africa. They collect old computers in the UK, refurbish them and distribute them at low-cost to schools in Africa.
Every Can Counts
Every Can Counts aims to make it easier to recycle your drink cans and make a difference. They have a selection of downloadable materials available for you to set up and promote your own Every Can Counts scheme.
WRAP
THE site for waste and recycling. They say, "WRAP's vision is a world in which resources are used sustainably." This is the site that will inform you about recycling!