e-Digest Statistics about: Waste and Recycling
Topic: Waste and Recycling
References and further reading
Internet resources
- e-Digest: Waste Statistics and Municipal Waste Bulletins
- Aluminium Federation
- http://www.alfed.org.uk
- Alcan - recycler of aluminium drink cans in the UK
- http://www.thinkcans.com
- Aluminium Packaging Recycling Organisation, including 'Cash for cans'
- http://www.alupro.org.uk
- Best value performance indicators: household and municipal waste detail
- http://www.bvpi.gov.uk
- British Geological Survey
- http://www.bgs.ac.uk
- United Kingdom Minerals Yearbook 2002
- British Glass Manufacturers Confederation
- http://www.britglass.co.uk
- British recovered paper association
- http://www.recycledpaper.org.uk
- British Plastic Federation
- http://www.bpf.co.uk
- Community Recycling Network - national umbrella organisation for community based non-profit waste management groups working on reduction, reuse and recycling
- http://www.crn.org.uk
- Composting Association - research and promotion of best practice in producing compost and its uses
- http://www.compost.org.uk
- Confederation of Paper Industries
- http://www.paper.org.uk
- Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG)
- http://www.communities.gov.uk
- Construction and demolition waste
- Defra
- Landfill directive
- Recycling and Waste
- Packaging and Packaging Waste
- Agricultural waste
- Environment Agency
- http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk
- NetRegs environmental regulations
- Managing waste
- Waste Statistics
- Commercial and Industrial Waste Survey 2002/3
- National Waste Production Survey
- Eurostat: Statistical Office of the European Communities
- Eurostat Themes and data
- Glass Forever - information about glass packaging and recycling
- http://www.glassforever.co.uk
- Glasspac - glass packaging
- http://www.glasspac.com
- LARAC (Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee) national local authority organisation promoting waste reduction and recycling
- http://www.larac.org.uk
- Lets Recycle - General recycling information and up to date news
- http://www.letsrecycle.com
- London municipal waste data
- Capitalwastefacts
- Northern Ireland Environment and Heritage Service
- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk
- municipal and household waste detail
- Waste Regulation & Legislation
- Office of the Director General for Water Services (OfWat)
- http://www.ofwat.gov.uk
- Office of National Statistics
- Environmental Accounts
- PaperChain National Waste Paper Collection Barometer
- http://www.paperchain2000.org.uk
- RecycleNow - Recycling is easy and your efforts can make a real difference
- http://www.recyclenow.com
- Recoup: everything you need to know about plastic recycling
- http://www.recoup.org
- Scottish Environment Protection Agency
- http://www.sepa.org.uk
- Publications Waste Data Strategy
- Municipal and household waste detail
- Steel Can Recycling Information Bureau
- http://www.scrib.org
- Valpak: helping businesses comply packaging waste regulations
- http://www.valpak.co.uk
- Waste Connect - comprehensive reference for recycling points throughout the country
- http://www.wasteconnect.co.uk
- WasteDataFlow: online system for collecting UK municipal waste data
- http://www.wastedataflow.org
- Waste Online - Information on a variety of waste issues from many different UK and European sources
- http://www.wasteonline.org.uk
- Waste watch - a national charity established to promote environmental and wider benefits of waste minimisation and recycling
- http://www.wastewatch.org.uk
- Water UK
- http://www.water.org.uk
- Welsh Assembly
- municipal and household waste detail
- World Bureau of metal statistics
- http://www.world-bureau.com
- WRAP (Waste Resources Action Programme) set up as a result of the Waste Strategy, to promote the development of markets for recycled materials
- http://www.wrap.org.uk
References
- [1] Department of the Environment (1992). Environmental Protection Act (Control of Wastes Regulations),1992. Statutory Instrument No 588. HMSO, London.
- [2] Department of the Environment (1996). The Special Waste Regulations, 1996. HMSO, London.
- [3] British Geological Survey (1996). United Kingdom Minerals Yearbook, 1995. British Geological Survey, Nottingham.
- [4] Water UK. Waterfacts, 1998. Water UK, London.
- [5] Environment Agency (2000). Strategic Waste Management Assessment 2000, reports on each of the 9 planning regions of England and a single report for Wales. WRC, Swindon.
- [6] Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (2001) Municipal Waste Management 1999/2000. Defra, London.
- [7] Department of the Environment, Transport & the Regions (2000) Waste Strategy 2000 England and Wales. HMSO, London.
- [8] OECD. The OECD System for Transfrontier Movements of Hazardous Wastes destined for Recovery Operations - Guidance Manual. Environment Monographs No 96. Paris 1995.
- [9] World Bureau of Metal Statistics. World Metal Statistics (monthly). World Bureau of Metal Statistics, Ware.
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