Useful Links

Environmental Sites

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
Tel: 08459 33 55 77 or visit www.defra.gov.uk/
A UK Government Department, with an overarching challenge to enable everyone to live within our environmental means, and to integrate the environment with other policies across Government and in international fora.

Environment Agency
Tel: General Enquiries: 08708 506 506 (Mon-Fri 8-6) or visit www.environment-agency.gov.uk Incident hotline: 0800 807060 (Freephone* 24 Hour)
The leading public body for protecting and improving the environment in England and Wales. Their website contains simplified information on a range of laws which affect small firms and businesses with regard to recycling regulations and their environmental obligations (www.netregs.gov.uk)

Envirowise:
Tel: 0800 58 57 94 or visit: www.envirowise.gov.uk
Offers UK businesses free, independent, confidential advice and support on practical ways to increase profits, minimise waste and reduce environmental impact.

Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR)
Tel: 020 7215 5000 or visit www.berr.gov.uk/
BERR’s central purpose is to help ensure business success in an increasingly competitive world. It is the voice for business across Government. It leads the Government’s drive to raise UK levels of productivity, create the conditions for business success and strengthen the economic performance of all the regions.

Businesslink Tel: 0845 600 9 006 or visit www.businesslink.gov.uk
Provides practical advice to businesses.

The Carbon Trust Tel: 0800 085 2005 or visit www.carbontrust.co.uk
Independent company funded by Government to help UK business and the public sector reduce carbon emissions and supporting low carbon technologies

WRAP
Tel: 0808 100 2040 or visit www.wrap.org.uk
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. WRAP also produces a Recycled Products Guide - A comprehensive listing of recycled products available in the UK. See: www.recycledproducts.org.uk

Environmental Data Interactive Exchange (Edie)
(Tel: 020 8651 7100 or visit: www.edie.net)
Edie provides email alerts on environmental issues and news articles on their website.

Lets Recycle
letsrecycle.com brings you a daily news service, the Directory, price indicators and more. Register at www.letsrecycle.com/clubrecycle/ for their weekly newsletter.

Trade Waste Industry A web site dedicated to the Trade and Commercial Waste Industry featuring: Industry news, a buyers guide to products and services and regular light hearted features (tradewaste.org/)