The general 'vision' of Transition Groups involves planning for a sustainable low energy future. In order to harness knowledge and expertise towards our goal, we need to interest ourselves particularly in local organisations and groups involved in the field of waste management and engaged in practices such as cutting the production of consumer and industrial waste, reducing carbon emissions and promoting recycling and composting. Study of the 'aims' and 'visions' of the groups and organisations listed below could possibly help in drawing up 'a more detailed vision' for Transition Brighton and Hove.
Other pages on this site:--Report on Sustainability Conference 2007: "educating for our future"--------Influencing our Council's policies & decisions
Cartridges4Charity - How Does It Work? Simple! You send empty printer cartridges, or old mobile phones to us for free and these are then sold on to companies that reuse or recycle them - all net profit is split equally between three charities (Cruse breavement, See ability, Cardiac riskin the young) .
The UK Cartridge Recyclers Association aims to provide printer users with proven high quality products, through its members, that are cost effective environmentally friendly alternatives to imported toner cartridges. Specialists in remanufacturing to their original condition used toners/inkjets – collection service for re–usable cartridges.
CDs and CD-ROMs: Polymer Recycling Ltd – Polymer Recycling Limited (PRL) was founded in 1996 to develop and introduce innovative recycling techniques into previously unexplored areas of the plastics waste market where there was no existing alternative to landfill or incineration. With mounting international concern over the environmental impact of landfill and the continual use of valuable and finite natural resources, PRL developed a unique mechanical process to decollate and recycle compact discs and their integral packaging. As a result, 100% of the materials from the cased CD's is recycled for use in the manufacture of various products such as artificial wood and alarm panels, and re-use in the production of CD jewel cases and reflective light lenses. The paper packaging is also recycled.
Polyprint Mailing Films - recycle both printed and unprinted polythene wrappers and bags.
Re-Cycle's mission is to collect and ship secondhand bicycles and parts to Africa. With the help of our partners, we teach local people the skills to repair and maintain them, to improve their lives in a sustainable way.
Green Cone – The Green Cone reduces food waste to its natural components of water, carbon dioxide and a small residue. The solar-heated garden unit takes all cooked and uncooked food waste including meat, fish, bones, dairy products, vegetables and fruit.
ELCRP East London Community Recycling Partnership was founded in 2001 as a not-for-profit community organisation. Based in Hackney, London we have grown considerably over the years. We now have food waste processing sites in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham, and the London Borough of Hackney. On top of this we have a large scale green waste composting site on the Hackney Marshes which deals with 100’s of tonnes of waste each year.
National Household Hazardous Waste Forum - Household Hazardous Waste can be defined as "Any material discarded by a household which is difficult to dispose of or which puts human health or the environment at risk because of its chemical or biological nature." Although focusing on domestic waste, the NHHWF also considers municipal hazardous waste arising from small quantity generators in the commercial sector. HHW can contaminate recyclable and compostable waste streams, landfill leachate, and incinerator ash and emissions.
Alupro – The Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation (Alupro) is a not-for-profit company which represents the leading aluminium packaging producers and reprocessors in the UK. Alupro’s role is to ensure that packaging waste recycling targets are met through working with local authorities and other partners, and through public education. Alupro is also the body responsible for working with Government on policy issues.
British Aerosols Manufacturing Association - Established in 1961, the British Aerosol Manufacturers’ Association (BAMA) represents the aerosol industry, from suppliers of components and ingredients to fillers and marketers of aerosol products. BAMA has around 70 member companies ranging from small business to multinational corporations. BAMA aims to: 1) Promote the aerosol and encourage innovation. 2) Set high standards in safety, good manufacturing practice and on environmental issues. 3)Present industry’s view to legislators, the media and key opinion formers.
RECOUP - the UK's household plastics recycling organisation. Recoup has set five targets to direct its work for the period 2004-2006: 1) Over half of UK households to be offered kerbside collection including plastic bottles by 2006. 2) Increase average current household plastics recycling rates to 4.5kg/houshold/year by 2006, a 30% increase on current rates. 3) Practical demonstration of a UK plastic bottle recycling programme that is no more expensive than equivalent waste management to landfill by 2005. 4) Successfully lobby for specific local government responsibilities and incentives to efficiently collect household plastic packaging for recycling by 2006. 5) Deliver measurable improvement in key stakeholder attitudes to plastics and the environment based on quality research and information. Successful delivery of the first two targets above will increase plastic bottle recycling levels by over 250% to more than 50 ktonnes per annum.
The Steel Can Recycling Information Bureau [SCRIB] provides information... on steel packaging recycling to the general public, local authorities and the commercial sector. It is a valuable education resource for teachers, parents and education officers, with downloadable class room activities which can also be done in the home. Our aim is to raise awareness of the importance of recycling steel.
Where to buy recycled products: Friends of the Earth - links to:
Remarkable – Our philosophy at Remarkable is to create recycled items that are well-designed, great quality and a joy to own. As well as their environmental credentials - all our products are made using only UK recycled materials.
Durat – recycled plastic work surfaces, moulded sinks, basins, etc.
Recycle Works - sells a complete range of home composting equipment online. Main Product Groups: • Home Composting • EM & Healthy Living • Vermicomposting • Organic Gardening • The Magic Range • Kitchen Waste Recycling • Water Recycling • Sorting Waste.
Wiggly Wigglers – online shop selling Wormeries, Garden Composters, Pest Control, Bird Boxes etc.
Zero to Land, a small company based in Gloucester UK, has brought together products (from Australia, France, Canada, Sweden and the UK) to form a home waste reduction system to enable you, with a little practise, to manage your household waste responsibly. Online shop where you can order Can-o-worms, Wheelie bins & Accessories, Aerobic Compostors, etc. See the links page of their website for more on recycling, composting and the environment.
Plascan – The PlasCan Crusher is a recycling device that safely and effectively crushes both empty Plastic Bottles & empty Drink Cans to the fourth of their original size.
Recycle More - find your nearest recycling centre and advice on recycling virtually anything.
How to Recycle - links to websites which give advice.
Recycle Now - is the national recycling campaign for England, aimed at encouraging more of us to recycle more things, more often and to understand the positive benefits of our actions. Created and delivered by WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) on behalf of the Government, Recycle Now was launched in 2004 and supports the achievement of recycling targets – most notably to help increase the national recycling rate to 40% by 2010 (currently at nearly 27%).
Waste Watch advises, educates and informs people on ways to reduce all forms of waste - from the rubbish we throw away and the energy we needlessly use to the water we pour down the drain. By making changes to our daily lives and by changing the world around us – at home, in school, and in the workplace – we can all make a big difference. And Waste Watch exists to show everyone how they can make that difference.
European Pollutant Emission Register - the first European-wide register of industrial emissions into air and water, providing access to information on the annual emissions of approx. 9,200 industrial facilities in the 15 Member States of the EU.
CO2 emissions - [PDF format] CO2 emissions, material flows and Ecological Footprint of the UK by region and devolved country
Key Facts – Local Government Performance - View Key Facts about your local authority and see how they are performing against regional and national averages.
Project Integra - See how one Local Authority is performing: Project Integra is the partnership of local authorities and a private waste contractor working together to provide an integrated solution to Hampshire's waste. As a result of this ground-breaking partnership, Hampshire now has some of the best waste infrastructure in the UK, and a combined recycling rate of 29% (2005/06) thanks to the Recycle for Hampshire behavioural change campaign. It has set itself a target of a 50% recycling rate for the county by the year 2010.
UK Parliament - all about Parliament, including how to contact your MP.
Environmental Data Services – information on a wide range of industry related environmental issues. Your first port of call for environmental information.
Envirowise – Envirowise delivers a valuable government-funded programme of free, confidential advice to UK businesses. This assistance enables companies to increase profitability and reduce environmental impact.
The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management is the leading professional body for waste and resource management. We have over 7,000 members, mostly in the UK but also in the Irish Republic and 250 members elsewhere in the world. Our focus is on professionalism and information, based on sound science and training.
Urban Mines is an environmental consultancy and charity committed to finding innovative solutions for waste materials in a manner which values people and respects the earth. Working with the public and private sectors, the aim of Urban Mines is to provide information, expert advice, support, direction and financial solutions to waste, sustainability and climate change problems.
Let's Recycle – daily news on recycling and waste management.
Waste Management World – magazine for the Solid Waste Association
Anaerobic Digestion Systems - Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a biological process similar in many ways to composting. It is a natural treatment process and, as in composting, bacteria break down organic matter and reduce its bulk or “mass”.
Resource Recycling Systems, Inc. has been providing waste reduction, recycling and composting solutions for solid waste management since 1985. We solve client challenges in waste management, resource recovery, reuse and recycling by creating solutions for effective waste management and resource recovery.
Mechanical Biological Treatment – This site was is based upon "An Introduction to Waste Technologies", by Steve Last (November 2006)".
British Plastics Federation - is the leading trade association of the UK Plastics Industry (representing approximately 80% of turnover), a springboard for industry action, existing to exploit common opportunities and resolve shared problems.
CIWM The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM), is the professional body which represents over 6,000 waste management professionals - predominantly in the UK but also overseas. The CIWM sets the professional standards for individuals working in the waste management industry and has various grades of membership determined by education, qualification and experience.
The Centre for Sustainable Design was established in 1995 within the Faculty of Design at The Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College, in the UK. CfSD has organised over 30 conferences and workshops, and undertaken a wide range of research and training projects on eco-product development and sustainable product design. It has achieved an international reputation for high quality, innovative, leading-edge work – interesting site with information on eco-friendly packaging designs
Council for the Protection of Rural England - We campaign for a sustainable future for the English countryside, a vital but undervalued environmental, economic and social asset to the nation. We highlight threats and promote positive solutions.
DEFRA: Department of the Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs - DEFRA's core purpose is to improve the current and future quality of life. For the first time one department has brought together the interests of farmers and the countryside; the environment and the rural economy; the food we eat, the air we breathe and the water we drink. We do all this by integrating environmental, social and economic objectives - putting sustainable development into practice every day, and by championing sustainable development as the way forward for Government.
Environment Awards - Awards for Environmental Excellence
Environment Agency - We are the Environment Agency. It's our job to look after your environment and make it a better place - for you, and for future generations. We want your comments on guidance on verifying emissions reporting and the operation of a national register under the UK National Emissions Reduction Plan. If you are an operator, environmental stakeholder or part of an industry group, tell us what you think now.
US Environmental Protection Agency – The mission of the Environmental Protection Agency is to protect human health and the environment. Since 1970, EPA has been working for a cleaner, healthier environment for the American people.
Friends of the Earth - Making life better for people by inspiring solutions to environmental problems.
GOSE - The Government Office for the South East works with organisations across the South East to deliver the Government’s policies and programmes in the region. The South East stretches from Kent and East Sussex in the east to Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in the south and south west and to West Berkshire in the west and Milton Keynes and Aylesbury Vale in the north.
Green Alliance - Green Alliance's mission is to promote sustainable development by ensuring that the environment is at the heart of decision-making. We work with senior people in government, parliament, business and NGOs to make environmental solutions a priority in British politics. Three aims govern our work: (1) to make environment a central political issue (2) to integrate the environment into public policy and decision-making (3) to stimulate new thinking and advance the environmental agenda into new areas
Greenpeace stands for positive change through action. We defend the natural world and promote peace. We investigate, expose and confront environmental abuse by governments and corporations around the world. We champion environmentally responsible and socially just solutions,including scientific and technical innovation. Our goal is to ensure the ability of the earth to nurture life in all its diversity.
The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) is a charity that exists to promote and progress civil engineering.
PIFA - The Packaging and Industrial Films Association (PIFA) was established in 1957 to represent the interests of a £1.5 billion UK industry which is proud of its contribution to the health and well-being of society. PIFA represents an industry which supplies markets which consume more than 1.3 million tonnes of plastic film, sheet and converted materials. PIFA is widely recognised as one of Britain's leading national trade organisations at the highest levels both in this country and abroad. PIFA is proactive and reponsive to social changes, and its members support the sustainable use of the world's resources.
RSA – The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce works to remove the barriers to social progress
SEERA – South East England Regional Assembly - about to have its powers transferred.
WRAP - The Waste Resource Action Programme 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.
Zero Waste Alliance United Kingdom - Our aims, set out in full in our company documents, include the promotion and development of sustainable waste strategies, minimisation of waste, producer responsibility, best practice, education and support to encourage communities to embark on the successful zero waste policies already adopted in various parts of the world, such as New Zealand, California and certain parts of Canada and Australia, with tentative first steps begun in this country. We seek a better environment by encouraging a cleaner and healthier way of dealing with waste issues. We see this as essential in the fight against climate change. We support the Zero Waste Charter with its ten point plan.
BANWaste Byker and Newcastle Waste Group - award winning voluntary organisation that aims to promote Zero Waste policy and practice in the North-East of England
Basingstoke The Basingstoke Burner Action Campaign is a non-political group of local citizens who are concerned about the possible health hazards of the new Chineham incinerator (Hampshire).
Brighton: Hollingdean Depot - BBC Action Network
CAIR Campaign Against the Incineration of Refuse
Camberley – This site is to ensure that residents are informed about and adequately consulted on the potential waste incinerator on Doman Road, Camberley.
CANK Campaign Against the New Kiln, Flintshire - The purpose of this site is to provide information for anyone living within miles of a cement kiln burning hazardous waste.
Capel Action - Capel Action Group (based in Surrey) are against Incineration anywhere. Mass burn Waste incinerators are a huge producer of Carbon Dioxide. The gas thought to be largely responsible for Global Warming.
CATS Communities against toxics - This 60,000 tpa facility operated by Cleanaway in Ellesmere Port Cheshire, opened in 1992. There was no environmental impact assessment conducted as the legislation was not in place requiring one. During the trial burns it was reported (ENDs) that the plant was releasing an unexpected amount of fine particulates. It has a history of incidents, fires and chemical releases.
CHAIN CHAIN are the Cheshire Anti Incinerator Network and are an independent, apolitical group set up specifically to oppose the building of Incinerators anywhere in Cheshire.
CHASE CHASE is an alliance of groups dedicated to protecting the health of their communities and safeguarding the Cork Harbour environment for future generations. Our overall aims are to (1) Prevent toxic waste incinerator in Cork Harbour (2) Promote awareness of alternative solutions (3) Increase national/local opposition to incineration (4) Actively promote non-burn solutions
DOVE Defenders of the Ouse Valley and Estuary are opposed to the proposal to build an incinerator in their area (at Newhaven, East Sussex), but further believe that it should not be built anywhere else. DOVE's aims are (1) to promote measures to conserve the Ouse Valley as a beautiful and healthy environment, a home and a place of recreation for all of us, our children, and our children's children, (2) raise awareness and understanding of the key issues we face and to represent the views of the communities in towns and villages throughout the Ouse Valley, (3) research and share information to encourage waste recycling, reduction, re-use and composting, (4) work with other community-based groups with similar aims, (5) lobby County Councillors and MP's
Dump The Dump campaign against Veolia's WTS and MRF at Hollingdean Depot, Brighton
The Drogheda NO INCINERATION Alliance, Drogheda, Co. Louth, empowers individuals, organizations and businesses by providing unique up-to-date information on waste incinerators, hazardous waste incinerators, animal incinerators, solid waste incinerators and waste disposal.
ERRA Redhill Incinerator Campaign Surrey - Yahoo Group opposing the incinerator at Copyhold Works, east of Redhill, Surrey.
Waste: Friends of the Earth - Campaign for increased recycling and against more incinerators and landfill sites.
Galway for a Safer Environment Part of the Galway Safe Waste Alliance. GSE was set up in late 1999.
Global Anti-Incinerator Network (GAIA) - GAIA is an expanding international alliance of individuals, non-governmental organization, community-based organizations, academics and others working to end the incineration of all forms of waste and to promote sustainable waste prevention and discard management practices
HOTI was set up to fight proposals to build a giant waste-burning incinerator at Saltend (Hull & Holderness).
Kemp Valley formed to fight a pyrolosis gasification incinerator in Brockton, South Shropshire. The objectives of the Kemp Valley Group are to maintain the Kemp Valley as a rural and agricultural area, safe from pollution and inappropriate development which could be detrimental to residents, livestock, and food production.
London Against Incineration - Local residents and campaigners protecting everyones right to breathe clean air by closing Edmonton Waste Incinerator and encouraging full recycling. The road to Zero Waste is possible and acheivable today.
Mountfield East Sussex campaign - campaign against East Sussex Council's proposal to build an incinerator near the village of Mountfield. The campaign started in 1999 and victory was finally achieved in late 2004 when the Council voted to drop Mountfield from the Waste Local Plan.
NAIL Nottingham Against incineration and Landfill - The campaign was set up when a woman who developed breast cancer approached members of Nottingham Greenpeace. She claimed that there was two other ladies, who shared her office for many years overlooking the incinerator plant, had also developed cancer, one of whom had died. They were believed that their condition was caused by their prolonged exposure to pollution from Eastcroft incinerator.
NAIL2 Norfolk Against Incineration, set up to oppose an incinerator at Costessey, is intent on stopping incineration and landfill by raising public concern and awareness about the harmful effects on both health and countryside, and promoting Zero Waste as an alternative solution to waste.
PAIN People Against Incineration, set up to oppose an incinerator at Rainworth, Nottingham.
Campaign against building the Redhill Waste Incinerator - The decision by Surrey County Councillors to refuse Surrey Waste Management's application for a municipal waste incinerator in Redhill is welcomed by all the residents in Redhill and Reigate and the surrounding areas. The campaign against the incinerator was foughtlong and hard by many groups in the borough.
SAIN Slough Anti Incinerator Network - SAIN are a non-political and non-commercial residents group fighting the proposal to build two enormous waste incinerators at a site in Colnbrook. We formed in February 2004, after local doctors concerns were made public, and have struggled against this environmental and health disaster since then.
SchNEWS - "They’ve gone from an unthinking policy of burying it, to an unthinking policy of burning it." - Dr.C.Eberlein, Sussex University - Brighton residents might think they are really cool, alternative and green, but the reality is that when it comes to recycling – they are, well, rubbish, and like to shit all over Newhaven. Currently all the waste that isn’t recycled (which is only 19.4% at the moment) goes to landfill at Beddingham near Newhaven, but because of the EU Landfill Directive this can’t last forever and Brighton Council along with East Sussex County Council has signed a £1 billion contract with Onyx for a 25 year 'Integrated Waste Management Contract'.
STIG - St.Dennis Incinerator Group, Cornwall: Cornwall County Council are planning to make massive changes to the way it manages Cornwall's waste. This includes granting a contract to French company SITA worth millions of County tax payers money over a 30 year period. They plan to build one mass burn incinerator in Mid-Cornwall and to construct 14 waste holding and sorting stations throughout the County. The site chosen for the incinerator is St.Dennis and will be sited 500 yards from the village. STIG believe that incinerating waste is not the best option for Cornwall and that the stockpiling of waste for collection and sorting leads to infestations of vermin and widespread smells.
UK Without Incineration Network Network of groups opposing the expansion of waste incineration in the UK
Voice of Irish concern for the environment - maximum recycling, not incineration: Down to Zero is a positive, sustainable waste campaign organised by VOICE (Voice of Irish Concern for the Environment). Down to Zero is supported by Zero Waste Alliance Ireland; an initiative by individuals, communities, local and national groups working towards sustainable waste management.
Nuneaton, Warwickshire - Warwickshire County Council may form its' own waste company to bypass democratic control. This is a step towards building an incinerator (Judkins site near Nuneaton town centre) and making well paid jobs for their friends.
WEN Womens Environmental Network - Our vision is of a world where women are aware of their ability to change the environment for the better and actively come together to do so. Our strategic aims are: (1) Empowering women to make positive environmental change, (2) increasing awareness of women’s perspectives on environmental issues, (3) influencing decision-making to achieve environmental justice for women.
Wealth from Waste is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to inspiring innovation in the field of waste management and resource recovery. We recognise that Waste Management needs to be more than just trucking operations. We believe it should also be about managing the world’s precious resources AND climates, responsibly. We are promoting resource recovery parks where green industry and community wealth-from-waste projects can co-exist. This is because we recognise the importance of creating markets for recycled materials. Our approach is one of sustainable community development, recovering resources AND people.
Wells Environmental Protection Group (WEPG) - WP2’s long-awaited submission for the proposed ‘pyrolysis incinerator’ at Haybridge, Wells has now been approved by Somerset County Council. Originally formed in 1996, the Wells Environmental Protection Group (WEPG) is concerned with all environmental aspects relating to Wells in Somerset and the surrounding areas.
Estech Europe – autoclaving
Techtrol Ltd - Incinerator Sites
Shanks Group plc - a waste and resource management company serving customers in the UK, Belgium and Holland.
Surrey Waste Management - SWM holds a twenty-five year contract with Surrey County Council which commenced in September 1999.
Sustainable Waste Systems Ltd - Sustainable Waste Systems (SWS) Ltd have developed an Integrated Waste Treatment Process that can safely recycle kitchen and food waste to meet the latest DEFRA regulations under the Animal By Products Order (ABPO). By using a new patented design of Anaerobic Digester (AD) called the DRAGON ANAEROBIC DIGESTION (DAD) overcomes many inherent design problems from the old type liquid digester systems.
Veolia Environmental Services provides waste management to Local Authorities and commercial businesses and has a large amount of business in the UK.
The Veolia Environmental Trust - We award grants under the Landfill Communities Fund to community and environmental projects which are near some of the landfills and facilities operated by Veolia Environmental Services (UK) plc
America: Zero Waste America - Waste management in the U.S. is in a state of anarchy with no effective federal plan or infrastructure in place to maximize recycling and minimize waste. America's treatment of waste is the "free market" at its worst.
America: Green Roots Recycling Network - campaign
America: Zero Waste Alliance partnership of universities, government, business and other organizations working to develop, promote and apply Zero Waste strategies. Our Mission is to support organizations in the creation of a more sustainable future. Our Objective is to provide improved profitability, competitiveness and environmental performance through the development and implementation of practices that lead to the reduction and elimination of waste and toxics.
America: Grass Roots Recycling Network: Zero Waste Index - Zero Waste is a design principle for the 21st Century that seeks to redesign the way resources and materials flow through society. Zero Waste requires eliminating subsidies for raw material extraction and waste disposal, and holding producers responsible for their products and packaging 'from cradle to cradle.' The goal is to promote clean production, prevent pollution, and create communities in which all products are designed to be cycled safely back into the economy or environment.
America: Grass Roots Recycling Network: Zero Waste Resources - links to Zero Waste websites around the world.
Australasia: The Zero Waste Stretch Goal as being applied in Australia and New Zealand.
Australasia: Zero Waste - New Zealand - Since 1999, 51 of the 71 (70%) Local Authorities in New Zealand have adopted a Zero Waste policy - most are aiming for Zero Waste by 2015. In 1999, the Zero Waste Council pilot project was launched. Grants of $25,000 were offered by Zero Waste New Zealand Trust to twenty five councils that adopted Zero Waste policies.
Canada: Dr Paul Connett on Zero Waste - Talk given at the launching of Target Zero Canada, Toronto, Canada, November 21, 2000
Ireland: Zero Waste Alliance Ireland - Zero Waste is an approach to waste management that actually promotes total sustainable resource management. It is an ongoing process of increasing the percent of waste we reclaim as valuable resources. We can all take responsibility for this as individuals, groups and corporations.