Useful Organisations - Waste

Envirowise

Offers UK businesses free, independent, confidential advice and support on practical ways to increase profits, minimise waste and reduce environmental impact. http://www.envirowise.gov.uk/

Enworks

A unique business support programme co-ordinating environmental and health and safety advice, training and support to businesses throughout the Northwest of England.  http://www.enworks.com/

Environment Agency

The leading public body for protecting and improving the environment in England and Wales. It is the Agency’s job to make sure that air, land and water are looked after by everyone in today's society, so that tomorrow's generations inherit a cleaner, healthier world.  http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/

DEFRA

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is a UK Government Department whose overarching challenge is to enable everyone to live within their environmental means .http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/index.htm

NetRegs

Provides free environmental guidance for small businesses in the UK.  NetRegs help you to understand what you need to do to comply with environmental legislation and protect the environment. http://www.netregs.gov.uk/

WRAP

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 http://www.wrap.org.uk/construction/index.html

Envirolink North West

Formed and led by business leaders from the environmental sector in England's Northwest. Envirolink NWs aim is to support the development and growth of the environmental industry in England's Northwest. http://www.envirolinknorthwest.co.uk/

Building Research Establishment (BRE)

A world leading research, consultancy, training, testing and certification organisation delivering sustainability and innovation across the built environment and beyond.  http://www.bre.co.uk/

Waste Aware Construction

Information about the National Colour Coding scheme for the source segregation of recycled materials on construction sites, links to other sources of information and ways construction companies are able to reduce, reuse and recycle their waste. http://www.wasteawareconstruction.org.uk/

Events

Reducing Waste

18 August 2010, 16:3 - 8 December 2010,

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