Hammersmith and Fulham Friends of the Earth

		Hammersmith and Fulham Friends of the Earth

Local Campaigns Waste, Real Food, Transport, Climate, Living World Resources Newsletters Links, Local Real Food Directory, Waste Links Nearby boroughs Links to other Sites The Waste Book a free guide to recycling and sustainable waste management for businesses and organisations in London and South East England. Click here ... Do you use an inkjet printer? Did you know that cartridges can be recycled. To order FREEPOST recycling bags call 0800 435576 quoting "Tommy's Campaign".The RNIB operate a similar scheme they also accept coins and stamps. You can even recycle your old computer - take a look at PC Recycler for a few ideas. If you use Brita water filters - you can send your Brita cartridges - in bundles of 6 - for recycling - to Brita recycling, Freepost TK1917, Sunbury on Thames, TW16 5BR.		Local recycling services Here's where to find local recycling banks across London Did you know? -That newspaper you threw away yesterday could still be readable in twenty years time and that plastic in a disposable nappy is still in tact half a century later? A doorstep recycling scheme started in Hammersmith and Fulham in April 2003, plus there are various recycling banks through out the borough. Please see council waste website for more info or contact waste hotline: 020 8753 1100 Click here to read the recycling pocket guide to Hammersmith and Fulham(2GB pdf) which we involved in writing or pick it up at the local library. Is your home cluttered with furniture you no longer use but is just too good to throw away? Not keen on consigning that old desk to the rubbish dump? Well the civic amenity sites at Smugglers Way, Wandsworth, may have the solution for you're looking for. The WRWA site runs a furniture cage scheme: residents can take their unwanted furniture to the cage, providing it is in good condition. Several charities, Furnish, Furniture Aid and The Shaftsbury Society amongst them, regularly visit looking for useful items with life left in them. So this is good for charities, good for the environment and good for reducing the clutter at home. The site also offers a wood recycling facility, a handy paint reuse scheme, motor oil recycling facilities, aluminum foil recycling faculties, car batteries recycling amenities, book recycling facility, a skip for green waste, a skip for soil and a metal skip is also on site. On top of all this the site also provides recycling for glass, cans and paper and has two on site SCOPE textile bins for clothing. Fridges can also be collected for recycling free of charge by the council and are recycled along with many of the scrap metal parts. Another sites exists at Cringe St, Battersea.