Below is a list of Useful Contacts and Internet Information Sources

ACE (Alliance for Beverage Cartons & the Environment)
info@ace.be
www.ace.be
Tel: 322 504 07 10
Fax: 322 504 07 19

ACORD (Automotive Consortium on Recycling and Disposal)
@ www.smmt.co.uk
Tel: 0207 2357000
Fax: 0207 2357112

ACRA (Aluminium Can Recycling Association)
www.alucan.org.uk
SEE ALUPRO

AFRC (Aluminium Foil Recycling Campaign)
SEE ALUPRO

ALUPRO (Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation)
(For all aluminium packaging)
www.alucan.org.uk
Tel: 08457 227722 (for your nearest ALUCAN recycling centre)

APME (Association of Plastics Manufacturers in Europe)
(Reports on plastics)
info.apme@apme.org
www.apme.org
Tel: 322 6753297
Fax: 322 6753935

'Are you doing your bit?' Campaign
aydyb@fishburn-hedges.co.uk
www.doingyourbit.org.uk
Tel: 020 75443131
See also: DETR

Brewers and Licensed Retailers Association
prmail@blra.co.uk
www.blra.co.uk
Tel: 020 74864831
Fax: 020 79353991

British Aerosol Manufacturers' Association
(Aerosols and recycling)
enquiries@bama.co.uk
www.bama.co.uk
Tel: 020 78285111
Fax: 020 78348436

British Battery Manufacturers Association
www.bbma.co.uk
Tel: 0207 8384800
Fax: 0207 8384801

British Glass
(Recycling and bottle bank directory)
info@glass-ts.com

www.britglass.co.uk
Tel: 0114 2686201
Fax: 0114 2681073

British Metals Federation
admin@britmetfed.org.uk
- NOTE Their web-site is unavailable as of 19/05/03 reason not known
Tel: 01480 455249
Fax: 01480 453680

British Plastics Federation
(Plastics and recycling)
bpf@bpf.co.uk
www.bpf.co.uk
Tel: 0207 4575000
Fax: 0207 4575045

British Polythene Industries plc
(Plastics and recycling)
www.britpoly.co.uk
Tel: 01475 501000
Fax: 01475 743143

British Recovered Paper Association
rwatson@paper.org.uk
www.recycledpaper.org.uk
Tel: 01793 889624
Fax: 01793 886182

Can Makers Information Service
canmakers@gciuk.com
www.canmakers.co.uk
Tel: 020 73495024

CARE (Consortium for Automotive Recycling)
www.caregroup.org.uk
CAT (Centre for Alternative Technology)
www.cat.org.uk
Tel: 01654 705950
Fax: 01654 702782

Cleanaway
www.cleanaway.com
Tel: 0208 6831390
Community Composting Network
(Advice/support for compost projects)
ccn@gn.apc.org
www.othas.org.uk/links.html
Tel/Fax: 0114 2580483

Community Recycling Network
info@crn.org.uk
www.crn.org.uk
Tel: 0117 9420142
Fax: 0117 9420164

Composting Association, (the)
www.compost.org.uk
Tel: 024 76635786

Corus Steel Packaging Recycling
(Facilities for recycling all types of cans)
www.corusgroup.com

DEFRA (Department of the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs)
http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/waste/strategy/index.htm

Directory Recycling Project, (the)
directories.recycling@btinternet.com
Tel: 0800 7831592

Energy Saving Trust
info@est.co.uk
www.energysavingtrust.co.uk
Tel: 0207 2220101
Fax: 0207 6542444

ENTRUST
judithjackson@entrust.org.uk
www.entrust.org.uk
Tel: 0208 9502152
Fax: 0208 9503862

Environment Agency
enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk
www.environment-agency.gov.uk
Tel: 0645 333111
Tel: 0800 585794 (Environmental Helpline)

Anglia Region Head Office:
Tel: 01733 371811
Fax: 01733 231840

Anglia Region Central Area Office:
Tel: 01480 414581
Fax: 01480 413381

Envirowise
www.envirowise.gov.uk

European Commission
www.europa.eu.int/comm/index.htm
www.cec.org.uk
Tel: 0207 9731992
Fax: 0207 9731900

EWA (Energy from Waste Association)
www.energy.rochester.edu/uk/ewa/
Tel: 0207 4027110
Fax: 0207 4027115

Friends of the Earth
www.foe.co.uk
Tel: 0207 4901555
Fax: 0207 4900881

East of England Co-ordinator:
Mary Edwards
Tel: 01223 516551
Fax: 01223 516550

Furniture Recycling Network, (the)
frn@btinternet.com
Tel: 0116 2337007
Fax: 0116 2544189

Greenpeace
info@uk.greenpeace.org
www.greenpeace.org.uk
Tel: 0207 8658100
Fax: 0207 8658200

Cambridgeshire Area Networker:
Tia Kidd
Tia.kidd@care4free.net
Tel: 01353 669146

HDRA (Henry Doubleday Research Association)
enquiry@hdra.org.uk
www.hdra.org.uk
Tel: 02476 303517
Fax: 02476 639229

HM Customs and Excise
(Landfill Tax Enquiries)
www.hmce.gov.uk
Tel: 0645 128454
Fax: 0645 129595

ICER (Industry Council for Electronic Equipment Recycling)
www.icer.org.uk
Tel: 0207 7294766
Fax: 0207 7299121

INCPEN (Industry Council for packing and the Environment)
info@incpen.org
www.incpen.org
Tel: 0207 4090949
Fax: 0207 4090161

Independent Glass Recyclers Association
Tel: 01245 465316
Fax: 01245 451744

Independent Waste Paper Processors Association
www.iwppa.co.uk
Tel: 01327 703223
Fax: 01327 300612

MPS (Mailing Preference Service)
(Remove your name from mailing lists)
Department 97
Freepost 22
London W1E 7EZ
See also: TPS (Telephone Preference Service)

National Recycling Forum
www.recycledproducts.org.uk
Tel: 020 72536266
Fax: 020 7253 5962

See also: Waste Watch

National Recycling Unit
ACTIONAID
mail@actionaid.org.uk
www.actionaid.org
Tel: 020 75617561
Fax: 020 72810899

For National Recycling Unit:
nru@actionaid.org.uk
Tel: 0117 9298818

Natural Death Centre, (the)
(Promotes ecological disposal/recycling of the deceased)
rhino@dial.pipex.com
www.naturaldeath.org.uk
Tel: 0208 2082853
Fax: 0208 4526434

ORA (Oil Recycling Association)
ORA@cwcom.net
Tel/Fax: 0161 4397589

Paper Federation of Great Britain
fedn@paper.org.uk
www.paper.org.uk
Tel: 0906 6800035 (Enquiry line @ 25p per minute) Tel: 01793 889600
Fax: 01793 886182

Paper Focus Magazine
(Guide to recycled printing and writing papers)
Tel: 01923 261555
Fax: 01923 261118

Pulp and Paper Information Centre
ppic@paper.org.uk
www.ppic.org.uk
Tel: 0906 6800035 (25p per minute)
Fax: 01793 886182

Real Nappy Association
www.realnappy.com

3 Counties Real Nappy Network
Cambridgeshire Contact:
Suzanne McBride
Tel: 01223 441823

Recap
The official Website for Cambridgeshire's and Peterborough Joint waste Strategy
http://www.recap.co.uk/

Recycle now
The national recycling campaign. The website has lots of tips for recycling and composting.
http://www.recyclenow.com
Tel: 0845 331 31 31

RECOUP (Recycling of Used Plastic Containers Ltd)
(Recycling promotion)
enquiry@recoup.org
www.recoup.org
Tel: 01733 390021
Fax: 01733 390031

Residua
(Waste management)
bulletin@residua.com
www.residua.com
Tel: 01756 709800
Fax: 01756 709801

Resource Base
directory.recycling@btinternet.com
Tel: 0800 7831592
Fax: 01703 236816

Salvation Army Trading Company Ltd
(Textile recycling)
http://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/
Tel: 01933 441086
Fax: 01933 445449

SALVO
(Reclaimed materials for buildings / gardens, and info on buying/selling old materials)
tk@salvoweb.com
www.salvo.co.uk
Tel: 01890 820333
Fax: 01890 820499

Save-A-Cup Recycling Co. Ltd
(Runs national recycling scheme for polystyrene vending cups)
hq@save-a-cup.co.uk
www.save-a-cup.co.uk
Tel: 01494 510167
Fax: 01494 510168

SCRIB (Steel Can Recycling Information Bureau)
Corus Steel Packaging Recycling
www.scrib.org
Tel: 01495 334521
Fax: 01495 350988

Textile Recycling Association
PO Box 965
Maidstone 
ME17 3WD
info@textile-recycling.org.uk
www.textile-recycling.org.uk
Tel: 0870 0428276
Fax: 0845 6008276 

TFSR (Tools for Self Reliance)
tools@gn.apc.org
www.tfsr.org
Tel: 023 80869697
Fax: 023 80868544

Tidy Britain Group
Tel: 01942 824620
Fax: 01942 824778

East of England Office:
eastofengland@tidybritain.org.uk
Tel: 01603 766559
Fax: 01603 766281

Tools with a Mission
twamhq@btopenworld.com
twamission.totallyclicks.co.uk

TPS (Telephone Preference Service)
(Remove your name from telephone mailing lists)
Tel: 0845 0700707
See also: MPS (Mailing Preference Service)

TRAID (Textile Recycling for Aid and International Development)
(Collection and sale of second hand clothes and shoes to raise funds)
info@traid.org.uk
www.traid.org.uk
Tel: 020 87332580

Vision aid Overseas
(Recycling spectacles for use in developing countries)
info@vao.org.uk
www.vao.org.uk
Tel: 01293 535016
Fax: 01293 535026

Waste Watch
(Promotion of waste reduction, re-use and recycling)
info@wastewatch.org.uk
www.wastewatch.org.uk
Tel: 0207 2536266
Fax: 0207 2535962

Women's Environmental Network
(Environmental issues of the greatest concern to women)
info@wen.org.uk
www.wen.org.uk
Tel: 0207 4819004
Fax: 0207 4819144

World Resources Foundation
(Waste minimisation and recycling, information and journal)
kstrange@worldres.demon.co.uk
http://www.friends-partners.org/oldfriends/science/waste.mgmt.environ.html Tel: 01732 368333
Fax: 01732 36833

Waste and Resources Action Programme.
Set up to promote and establish markets for material to be recycled.
http://www.wrap.org.uk
Tel: 01295 819900