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About Community RecyclingWhat is community recycling?Community recycling... is about communities... that have decided to take control of the waste in their area, often using community recycling as a vehicle to deliver a wider range of activities and services to local people is about more than recycling... community recycling covers an array of different activities including recycling; reuse; refurbishment; reprocessing; remanufacturing; community and home composting; waste prevention, minimisation, reduction, prevention and avoidance; waste education and awareness raising to name but a few... is about resources rather than waste... community recyclers don't see waste - they see resources in the wrong place - most of which are still useful or have value. Community recycling is about finding these resources a new home and realising the value of these unwanted resources to do good is about people... community recyclers offer numerous employment, training and volunteering opportunities to the people in their communities, often to people who have been excluded from main stream society such as the long term unemployed, people with learning difficulties and people recovering from addictions. is about the environment... community recycling helps protect local environments and make better use of scarce resources is about social enterprise... community recycling provides communities with an opportunity make a significant contribution to their local economy by developing local businesses that deliver services to local communities, for the benefit of communities, whilst being accountable to their communities is about innovation... community recycling has been at the forefront of innovation in the recycling arena for many years - form tackling difficult to recycle materials such as mattresses through to intensive education and awareness programmes that reduce waste arisings and increase recycling by more than 50% On this website you will find a lot more information about community recycling - including case studies, information leaflets, good practice and events. So take your time to have a look and if you have any questions just get in touch. |
