United Kingdom
LetsRecycle.com Prices for Recovered Materials
Letsrecycle provides accurate and up-to-date information on UK prices of recovered materials, in particular plastic, paper, organics, glass, wood, textiles and metals.
Plastipedia
The British Plastics Federation provides an online inclusive and detailed encyclopedia for plastics. Plastic Processes, bio-based and degradable plastics, plastics standards and other information is provided on plastipedia.
Compositional Analysis of Kerbside Collected Small WEEE
The Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has published a report regarding an analysis of the composition of WEEE which is collected on kerbside.
This report describes the dismantling of a large sample of small household WEEE items...
Market Reports for Recovered Materials in the UK
Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has launched a series of market situation reports providing in-depth information on the latest economic trends and developments facing the UK’s recycling industry. Each report focuses on a different...
Glass Recycling Information Sheet
Waste Online provides answers to the following questions with regards to glass recycling:
Why bother?
What you can do?
How's, what's and where's of recycling glass?
Sources of Further Information
What the law says?
Glass Recycling in the UK
Glass Recycling UK Ltd are the UK's largest independent glass recycling company. Collecting 1000's of tonnes of glass bottles and jars every week and processing them into glass cullet. Following the weblink you can find many useful...
Quality Specifications for Collected Waste Plastic Packaging
The Waste and Resources Action Plan (WRAP) together with BSI hasve developed a Publicly Available Specification (PAS) guide to help classify waste plastic.
Publicly Available Specification (PAS)
PAS 103 is a classification and grading system for the...
Recycling Guide for Citizens
The recycling guide provides useful information for non experts on waste recycling. The guide includes information on:
Recycling at Home
The Importance of Recycling
How materials are recycled
Where you can recycle
Recycling Activities...
Municipal Strategy for Solid Waste Management, Suffolk, UK
The Suffolk Waste Partnership (SWP) is the group of Councils in Suffolk that collect and dispose of the County’s municipal waste. The SWP comprises of all seven District and Borough Councils (Waste Collection Authorities) as well as the County...
Education Resources from Waste Watch
Waste Watch provides on-line a really interesting website with educational resources for schools, children and teacher regarding the 3R's (reuse, reduce, recycle). Games, brochures and information materials are some of the resources provided. Enjoy...