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Reduce Reuse Recycle useful links

As well as council services, there are many websites, charities and businesses which can help you easily reduce your waste. Below is a list of a few of them.

If you cannot find what you need here, try searching for it online. If you find any information you think would be useful for this page please do tell us through our online form.

The page is separated into three sections:

• Reduce
• Reuse
• Recycle

Reduce

Specialist areas	Company name or section	Description of services available
Ideas to help you reduce	My zero waste	ideas, blog and forum on reducing waste
	How can I recycle this	tips on reducing, reusing and recycling everyday items
Food	The council love food hate waste page	local ideas, recipes and schemes to help you reduce your food waste
	Love Food Hate Waste	national site with tips, recipes and ideas to help you save money and reduce your food waste
	Brighton & Hove Food Partnership	local information on all things food related
	Harvest	advice on growing your own food and eating local
Composting	The council composting page	offering discounted food composters, womeries and standard composters and video advice
	Brighton community compost centre	local compost products and garden waste collection
Nappies	The council real nappies page	information on local and national reusable real nappy schemes
	Go real	national real nappy information service
	Screaming Green	online shop and information, including local face to face advice from real nappy agents
Junk mail	Mailing Preference Service	register with this service to reduce the amount of unwanted mail coming to your home
Phone Directories	Various	BT - call 0800 833 400 and follow instructions; Yellow Pages - call 0800 671 444 Thomson Local - 01252 555 555.

Reuse

Specialist areas	Company name or section	Description of services available
Ideas to help you reuse	Green A-Z	A-Z directory updated by Brighton Green Centre
	My zero waste	UK ideas, blog and forum on reusing
	How can I recycle this	tips on reducing, reusing and recycling everyday items
Sell it, swap it or give it away	GreenCycleSussex	free reuse online community in Brighton
	Freegle Disability Living Aids	free unwanted disability living aids in Sussex
	Freegle	free national reuse online network
	GreenCycleHove	free reuse online community in Hove
	GreenCycleLewes	free reuse online community in Lewes
	GreenCycleAdur	free reuse online community in Adur
	Netcycler	national swap, give away and wanted items site
	Eco Bees	swap, give away and wanted items site
	Free2Collect	national 'give away' website
	Gumtree	community site for advertising sale, swap and wanted items in the area
	Friday-Ad	local paper and online site for advertising items for sale
	Ebay	national online auction site for used and new items
Charity	Hove Recycling Centre	YMCA reuse shop onsite
	Sussex YMCA	collection or drop off of items for sale and reuse, raising money for the charity
	Emmaus	collection or drop off of items for sale and reuse, raising money for the charity
	Stamps Brighton Hove & District Talking Newspaper for the Blind	save any stamps (used and unused) and send or deliver them to our studios 64 Mafeking Road Brighton BN2 4EL
	Shabitat	collection or drop off of furniture items, some are then used for the Homeless Furniture Project if suitable
Furniture	Shabitat	have furniture collected, drop it off and buy it at their Brighton store
	Furniture Donation Network	charity furniture collection service
	Reduce and Recycle	office furniture donation service.
Clothes	Swishing	find and organise clothes  swapping events
	Swapstyle	international fashion swap site
	Bigwardrobe.com	international designer and high street fashion swap and sell site
Electrical	Magpie recycling	local collection or drop off service for electrical items
Computer	Spiders Web IT	collection service for computer equipment given to disabled people living in the city
Bicycle	Sussex YMCA	buy refurbished abandoned and unwanted bikes from Sussex
	Cranks	not for profit volunteer team who advise and help with bike repair
Wood	Brighton & Hove Wood Recycling Project	local wood collection service

Recycle

Specialist areas	Company name or section	Description of services available
Ideas to help you recycle	Recycle Now	official UK recycling campaign with tips and locations on where to recycle
	Recycle Zone	information site made for children and to support schools and teachers
	My zero waste	UK ideas, blog and forum on recycling
	Recycling Expert	information on 'how to recycle just about anything'
	How can I recycle this	tips on reducing, reusing and recycling everyday items
	2recycle.co.uk	information on recycling and reusing items
Recycling products	Home recycling	products to make recycling easier
	Recycled products guide	online directory of recycled products
Household recycling	The council's main recycling page	see a full list of all the recycling services we supply across the city
	Magpie recycling	green box scheme for household items which are collected from your property
Recycling centres	The council's recycling centres	information on the two recycling centres, sometimes known as 'tips'
Bulky waste collection	The council's bulky waste collection page	have almost any items collected and recycled where possible through the council organised collection service
Garden waste	The council composting page	information on composting and garden waste collections
	Magpie	local clearance and garden waste collection service
	All seasons	monthly garden waste removal service
	Brighton Community Compost Centre	local collection service for green and garden waste
VHS tapes (Video cassette tapes)	Environmental Media Solutions	This is a link to a company in Bristol that can recycle VHS tape - though you would have to pay for the postage.
Food waste collection	Magpie	local food waste collection service organised through Magpie
Electrical	The council's electrical recycling page	information on recycling electrical items across the city
	Gadget recycling	many companies offer gadget recycling for money or vouchers in return, we recommend searching online for a full list
	The Co-operative Group	raise money for Oxfam by recycling your mobile phones, iPods, digital cameras and some ink cartridges
	Jamie's computers	collection service for computer equipment used to raise money to help the homeless
Paint	The council's community re-paint page	scheme to collect and drop off paint at the Hove Recycling Centre for reuse
Business recycling	The council's business recycling and refuse page	information on dealing with waste from businesses
Ink and toner cartridge recycling	www.recycleaid.co.uk	scheme to recycle ink and toner cartridges. The user can decide whether they want money for their cartridges or donate it to a number of charities they recommend.
	http://www.emptycartridge.co.uk/	scheme to recycle ink and toner cartridges.
Charity recycling	The council's charity recycling and refuse page	information on dealing with waste from a charity and the council's collection service

More information and ways to contact us

• Environment Agency - public body for protecting and improving the environment in England and Wales
• Waste watch - National organisation, working to educate, inform and raise awareness on waste reduction, reuse and recycling
• wrap - Waste Resources Action Programme
• defra - Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Please note: This page is intended to offer access to a wide range of information on all aspects of waste. Being included on this page does not mean Brighton & Hove City Council specifically recommend the service.

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