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Websites on Waste Here are some links to find out about waste and recycling in the UK and other parts of the world |
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Websites on Waste Here are some links to find out about waste and recycling in the UK and other parts of the world |
| Friends of the Earth | Campaigning organisation, useful general environmental information |
| Recycling Consortium | For The Recycling Consortium, which is based in Bristol in the South West of the UK, the 3R's are the only way to deal with the waste we produce . . . . |
| www.wickedwaste.com | Literacy and numeracy activities for 9 and 10 year olds through an exploration of waste and recycling |
| Packaging Education Programme | Activities and information about packaging and the environment |
| Waste Watch | Wide range of information on waste including up-to-date statistics |
| Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation | Lots of information and statistics about recycling aluminium cans & foil including 'cash for cans' details |
| Paper Industry Website | General information about the paper industry & paper recycling - lots of links to other organisations |
| Gobar Times - Environment for Kids - updated site for this brilliant environmental magazine for
young people
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Feb 2002 edition focuses
on Jaipur, India - World
Heritage City or World Garbage Capital? May 2002 edition - Dumped -focuses on waste - good statistics & useful links to many other global environmental sites |
| Symphony Environmental (degradable.net) | Information about biodegradable plastics, good facts & figures comparing landfill & incineration of plastics |
| Recycle.com | |
| Learner.org | A Danish site looking at global efforts to reduce garbage |
| Street mattress.com | |
| Wastewrap.org | Good photos of landfill site |
| Recycle City | US Environment Protection Agency kids pages |
| Yucky Kids | The yuckiest site on the internet! |
| BBC News - Planet Earth's New Nemesis? | British shoppers get though eight billion a year, but elsewhere the humble plastic bag has become a menace, with one country even banning them outright. Could the UK follow suit? |
| Bombay gets tough on plastic bags | |
| BBC News - plastic bag tax | Shops in the Irish Republic have begun to charge their customers 15 cents (nine pence) for every plastic carrier bag they take away with their purchases under a new government tax. |
| Bangladesh bans the use of polythene | |
| www.greenchoices.org | Try out a 2 minute 'How Green Are You?' questionnaire and follow links to learning about 'green' perspectives and resources to help manage schools in a more environmentally friendly way |
Articles on waste & recycling from around the world
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Bags of Choice is
funded by the Social,
Economic and Environmental Development (SEED) Programme, working in partnership with
the New Opportunities Fund through their Green Spaces and Sustainable Communities
initiative’ and by Wyvern Environmental Trust. |
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