Links – find out more
The websites and companies listed here are to help you find more information and source less-environmentally-damaging alternatives. WaterSense does not endorse any particular company, product or view and is not responsible for the content of any external website.
Recycling Centres
Before taking any household chemical to your local recycling centre, it’s a good idea to contact your Local Authority to check if they have the facilities to take it. The Sort It! website has useful information on disposal facilities in your area.
There are lots of useful links on the Community Recycling Network: http://www.crn.org.uk/contact/links/main.shtml
More recycling information is available from Waste Aware Scotland at: http://www.wascot.org.uk/html/index.asp, from the Recycling Advisory Group (RAGS) at: http://www.rags.org.uk/ and at Waste Online at: http://www.wasteonline.org.uk/.
Recycling & Reuse contacts for various waste products
Computers: http://www.wasteonline.org.uk/resources/InformationSheets/ComputerRecyclersRefurbishers.htm
Furniture Reuse Network - promotes the re-use of unwanted furniture and household effects for the alleviation of need, hardship, distress and poverty. List of reuse charities in Scotland: http://www.frn.org.uk/code/find/scotland.asp
Oil: Oil Bank Online – find your nearest oil bank and dispose of your waste engine oil responsibly http://www.oilbankline.org.uk
Scottish Oil Care Campaign – campaign to promote the responsible delivery, storage, use and disposal of oil and oil related products in Scotland. http://oilcare.org/
Paint: Community Re>Paint – A list of paint recycling schemes in Scotland – is there one near you? http://www.communityrepaint.org.uk/map/Scotland.htm
Polystyrene Recycling – (click on the recycling link on the left of their homepage, then click on the map to find the nearest recycler to you) http://www.eps.co.uk/
General ‘green’ advice
Green
Choices – a guide to greener living, including cleaning,
toiletries, food and gardening:
http://www.greenchoices.org/index.html
Background information
Allergy Site – common allergens
and irritants in cleaning products and how to avoid them:
http://www.theallergysite.co.uk/clean.html.
And in cosmetics: http://www.theallergysite.co.uk/cosmetics.html
Bag It & Bin It – campaign promoting responsible disposal of
discarded personal products:
http://www.bagandbin.org/
Chemical Cocktail – BEUC the European Consumers’ Organisation:
http://www.chemical-cocktail.org/index_en.asp
Scottish Environment Protection Agency’s pollution register: http://www.sepa.org.uk/spri
For further information please contact WWF Scotland: phone 01350 728200, email info@watersense.org.uk, or write to WaterSense, c/o WWF Scotland, Little Dunkeld, Dunkeld, PH8 0AD