Useful Recycling Links

Government Information

The links below are for government and goverment approved bodies.

Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

The UK Government department tasked with issues such as the environment, rural development, the countryside, wildlife, animal welfare and sustainable development.

Essex County Council - Waste and Recycling

Essex County Council is responsible for the disposal of all household and commercial rubbish collected by your local council.

Don't Rubbish Essex

A guide to getting the most out of recycling. Every year Essex households throw away over 700,000 tonnes of rubbish, about 500kg for every adult and child living in Essex.

The Recycle Now campaign has been created and is run by WRAP, which stands for the Waste & Resources Action Programme. WRAP will be working closely with councils and retailers to make sure the recycling message is heard.

Recycling Guide .org.uk

Find out how you can help conserve the planet through recycling.

Re-use Equipment

The links below are for organisations we have found that reuse and restore second-hand furniture / computer equipment / household objects.

Essex Community Reuse & Recycling Network

Currently in Essex there are over 29 community organisations who derive all or part of their income and activity from diverting waste for re-use and / or recycling. This includes over 13 active furniture re-use / redistribution projects and there are also over 200 individual charity shops.

Furniture re-use Network

The FRN promotes the re-use of unwanted furniture and household effects for the alleviation of need, hardship, distress and poverty.

FRN aims are bringing social, economic and environmental benefit through the re-use of unwanted household items.

Rainbow Services

Rainbow Services works for change by providing services which improve the quality of life for people living in the local community.

The Furniture and Clothing projects re-use donated items of furniture, clothing and household linens to families and individuals living on a low income.

Freecycle

Their mission is to build a worldwide gifting movement that reduces waste, saves precious resources & eases the burden on our landfills while enabling members to benefit from the strength of a larger community.

Click here for the Epping Forest Freecycle group

WRAP

WRAP works in partnership to encourage and enable businesses and consumers to be more efficient in their use of materials and recycle more things more often. This helps to minimise landfill, reduce carbon emissions and improve our environment.

Give or Take

Give or Take is a new way to shop that allows you to earn cashback for yourself or a charity of your choice when you make purchases online.

Eastex

Eastex is the regional materials exchange for the East of England. It provides an active forum for users to exchange waste or surplus materials for re-use. Click here to view an Eastex leaflet

Computers for the Disabled

It's mission is to help disabled people, communicate and participate, in day-to-day activities most people take for granted. We do this by recycling computers, giving disabled people an alternative means of keeping in touch.