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Wiltshire
Wildlife Trust
http://www.wiltshirewildlife.org/
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Wiltshire's
leading environmental charity aims to create a sustainable
future for wildlife and people.
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It
has 34 nature reserves on downlands, woodlands, wetlands
and meadows throughout Wiltshire. It works with people of
all ages to make sure the landscape our children inherit
is as full of wildlife as the one our great-grandparents
knew as well as promoting energy efficiency and reduction
of waste.
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Community Recycling and
Economic Development (CRED) http://cred.rswt.org/
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The
CRED Programme is funded by the Big Lottery Fund through
its Transforming Waste initiative.
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The
Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts manages the £36.5
million CRED Programme and will award grants of between
£50,000 and £300,000 to community based recycling,
reuse and composting initiatives in England.
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BBC – Green Wiltshire
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/green/refurbiz.shtml
Part
of the BBC web site with the latest news and information.
Wiltshire County Council
http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/
Wiltshire
County Council’s web site with local information.
Wiltshire Waste Partnership
http://www.wasteinwiltshire.com/
The
Wiltshire Waste
Partnership is made up of Wiltshire County Council and the four
District Councils - Kennet, North Wiltshire, Salisbury and
West Wiltshire Also included in the partnership are the waste
disposal contractor Hills and the waste minimisation partner
Wiltshire Wildlife Trust. Together they are working
to tackle waste issues across Wiltshire.
Rethink Rubbish
http://www.rethinkrubbishpartners.com/
Rethink
Rubbish is the waste awareness campaign developed on behalf of the
National Waste Awareness Initiative (NWAI). Here you can find
information on how to become involved in the campaign, details of
an exciting partnership with retailers, plans for a giant
motorized dustbin, and much, much more!
DARP
http://www.darpenvironmental.com/
DARP
begun as the Devon Appliance Recycling project in 1998. DARP
Environmental Ltd is a not-for-profit Environmental Body based in
southwest England. They undertake various research, technical and
community projects, in an
integrated approach to improving the amount and range of waste
recycled. They are now busy looking for solutions to the
requirements of the WEEE Directive, when in 2006, 75%
of all electrical waste will have to be recycled. More
information about the WEEE directive can be found here.
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Wiltshire Furniture Reuse
Charities
The
charities listed below collect unwanted but serviceable furniture
and household goods to pass on, at affordable prices, to families
and individuals in need.
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Chippenham
and North Wiltshire:
Waste Not Want Not
303 / 305 Hungerdown Lane
Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN14 0JJ
email: wnwn303@aol.com
website: http://www.waste-not-want-not.org.uk/
tel: 01249 447140
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Devizes
& Kennet:
Kennet Furniture Recycling ,
Unit 2, Hopton Industrial Estate
DEVIZES, Wiltshire, SN10 2EX
email: help@kennetfurniture.fsnet.co.uk
tel: 01380 720 722
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Salisbury
& South Wiltshire:
The Burnbake Trust
29 North Street, Wilton, Salisbury
Wiltshire, SP2 0HE
email: burnbaketrust@tiscali.co.uk
tel: 01722 743 727
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Swindon:
Top Drawer
1 Sussex Square, Walcot
Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3 3BJ
email: mike.dilly@homegroup.org.uk
tel: 01793 536 613
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Trowbridge
& West Wiltshire:
Group 5
1st Floor, Ashton Mill, West Ashton
Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 7BB
tel: 01225 764 849
Furniture
Re-use Network
http://www.frn.org.uk/
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The
national umbrella body for 300 furniture and appliance
re-use and recycling organizations throughout the UK.
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They
promote the re-use of unwanted furniture and household
items for the alleviation of need, hardship, distress and
poverty. 1.5 million items per year are re-used and
passed onto low income families. 63,000 tonnes
of waste is diverted from landfill and 5000 people are
working in the UK to collect and deliver furniture and
appliances. In total FRN members repair and pass on
over 250,000 domestic appliances a year to low-income
families.
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