useful contacts

If you are looking for further information for local authorities such as best practice and training courses, the links below may be able to point you in the right direction:

• The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM)
  The CIWM also runs good training courses

• Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)

• The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)

• Envirowise

• The Environment Agency

• Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA)
  This site also includes examples of best practise within local authorities

• Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee (LARAC)

• Local Government Association (LGA)

• Valpak Recycling Ltd

• The Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP)
  WRAP also runs regular events such as seminars and consultations

• Waste Action Forum
  The Waste Action Forum (WAF) was set up to facilitate waste minimisation and increase recycling in the UK. It is a unique organisation with a membership that include local authorities, reprocessors, packaging producers and waste collection companies as well as other groups involved in waste recycling.