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Recycling
Building Materials:
- There are a number of good
sites below dedicated to the subject of recycled building materials,
plus a few covering recycling in general.
- Aggregain -guide to the use of sustainable aggregates.
- Brighton and Hove Wood Recycling Project -set up in February 1998 in the Brighton
area to try to recover and re-use some of the vast quantity of
timber needlessly being landfilled.
- Capital Reclaimed Bricks -reused bricks, tiles and stone with online
search facility.
- Durisol -building blocks made using a proprietary
cementbonded wood fibre material, composed of specially graded
recycled waste wood (100% clean, natural softwood lumber), that
is neutralized and mineralized, and then bonded together with
Portland cement.
- Ecoconstruction
-database of recycled materials with guidance on issues ranging
from planning, choosing and specifying materials, to case studies
of recycled and reclaimed material use.
- GlassECO -kitchen worktops made from 85% recycled
glass bottles.
- London
Remade aims to drive
material resource efficiency in London, by increasing demand
for recycled material through the development of collections,
reprocessing, remanufacture and procurement.
- Materials Information Exchange a demolition resource exchange site
run by the BRE.
- Recycled Products Guide -the UK directory of recycled products.
- Waste Connect
-comprehensive reference for recycling points throughout the
country.
- Waste
Watch -promotes action
on waste reduction, re-use and recycling.
- WRAP -Waste and Resources Action Programme
-aims to create efficient markets for recycled materials and
products and does specific work in six material streams: aggregates,
glass, organics, paper, plastics, and wood.
Recycling
of Domestic Waste:
- Eco
Centric -offers unique
designer items for the home which adhere to eco-credentials,
from designer vases made from recycled glass to camera bags of
recycled leather, there is an amazing range of gift ideas.
- Living
Soil -produce a range
of kitchen waste digesters.
- RecycleWorks
-products to enable you to compost, shred and otherwise recycle
your household waste.
- Recycle Zone
-fun site for schools, children and teachers that tells what's
what in the world of waste.
- Urban Composting
-a really informative site on composting and supply a range of
waste composters and wormeries.
- Wiggly Wrigglers
-supply composters and wormeries to digest your kitchen and garden
waste.
- See also our page on Architectural
Salvage
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