Go Greener in East Renfrewshire

Interested in saving energy? These links could help:

http://www.carbontrust.co.uk (also found at http://www.carbontrust.org)

Check your home energy levels (from the Energy Savings Trust)

 

Interested in how recycling is done in other countries? Friends of ours at the Cleary Mountain Middle School in Virginia, US, have sent us this link:

http://www.aaenvironment.com/environmental-concerns-recycling.htm

 

Interested in recycling? These links could help:

http://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/planning-and-the-environment/recycler.htm (takes you to council information about recycling)

http://www.recyclenow.com (UK site is provided by WRAP, the body charged by the UK government with overseeing recycling activity)

http://www.sort-it.org.uk (Scottish equivalent of the above site, provided by Zero Waste Scotland. It also provides a businesses site at http://www.wasteawarebusiness. org.uk/)

http://recylce.co.uk (business backed recycling marketplace, run by a private company)

http://www.recycle-more.co.uk (business backed site run by Valpak Ltd, Banbury)

http://www.recycling-guide.org.uk

http://recyclezone.org.uk (for teachers and schools operated by Wastewatch, a charity and consultancy)

http://www.freecycle.org/ (worldwide movement, where people are encouraged to give away things they don’t need any more)

 

Interested in East Ren’s services? Use the link at bottom right on:

http://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/

 

Interested in Scotland wide green organisations?

http://www.foe-scotland.org.uk/ (Friends of the Earth Scotland)

 

Interested in courses about living a greener life?

It’s not easy being green with Dick Strawbridge (as seen on TV)

 

Interested in more advanced discussion about living a greener life?

Green living tips

Earth Hour 2012

http://www.earthhour.org/