Berwick upon Tweed Community Development Trust
Address: 56-58 Castlegate, Berwick upon Tweed TD15 1JT
Tel: 01289 303366
Website: www.berwicktrust.org.uk

East Ashington Development Trust
Main Contact Person: Neil Batt
Address: 82 Beatrice Street, Ashington, Northumberland NE63 9BP
Tel: 01670 854422
Fax: 01670 854411
Email: nbatteadt@dsl.pipex.com

Prudhoe Community Allotment
Main Contact Person: Joan Russell
Address: 52 Western Ave, Prudhoe, Northumberland NE42 6PA
Tel: 01661 833101, mobile 07752355313
Email: susanrussell52@btinternet.com
Website: www.northumberlandlife.org/pca

ReDress Ltd
Main Contact Person: Joanne Hapman
Address: Earth Balance, Bomarsund, Bedlington Northumberland NE22 7AD
Tel: 01670 828383
Email: redressltd@hotmail.com

RE-NU-IT
Main Contact Person: Alice Mason
Address: 5 St Thomas Workshops, Lower Barresdale, Alnwick, Northumberland
Tel: 01665 602856

Repaint - Castle Morpeth Disability Association
Main Contact Person: Richard Keen
Address: New Bust Station, Back Riggs, Morpeth, Northumberland NE61 1PB
Tel: 01670 504488
Fax: 01670 504477
Email: richkeene@tiscali.co.uk
Opening Times: Daily 1000-1600

Revive Furniture
Main Contact Person: Paul Smart
Address: PO Box 48, Unit 16D Cowley Road, Blyth Industrial Estate, Blyth, Northumberland NE24 5TF
Tel: 01670 368665
Fax: 01670 368665
Email: admin.revive@fsmail.net and paul@smartp19.freeserve.co.uk
Website: www.northumberlandlife.org/revive-furniture/
Opening Times: Mon to Fri 0930-1630. By appointment only, please ring beforehand

We provide free furniture collections in South East Northumberland and North Tyneside and provide them to people on low incomes at low cost.

Tynedale Green Party
Main Contact Person: Jon Hartshome
Address: The Cottage, Otterburn, Northumberland NE19 1NP
Tel: 01830 520962
Fax: 01830 520962
Email: earthdragon@ntlworld.com

Tyne and Wear

BAN (Byker And Newcastle) Waste
Main Activities: BAN Waste works to promote and practically implement waste minimisation, recycling and zero waste policies.
Main Contact Person: Paul Roberts (support worker)
Address: 14 Great North Road, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear NE2 4PS
Tel: 0191 230 4217
Fax: 0191 232 3917
Email: info@banwaste.org.uk
Website: www.banwaste.org.uk
Opening Times: Monday and Tuesdays are best time to call, although an answer phone operates and is checked at other times.

Community Furniture Service (East Newcastle)
Main activities:
We operate a furniture and electrical reuse project which also provides training and development opportunities for disadvantage people within the East of Newcastle. The project provides a wide range of furniture and electrical equipment at affordable prices to those most in need as well as helping people in their efforts to obtain long term employment and reducing the level of landfill. We are looking to expand our training opportunities in the future to include the likes of furniture renovation.
Main Contact Person: Henry Aitchison
Address: Heaton Terrace, Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 1JR
Tel: 0191 2656433
Fax: 0191 2765042
Email: henryaitchison@communitytransport.org
Opening Times: Mon to Fri 0900-1200 - 1300-1600

Community Furniture Service (West Newcastle)
Main activities:
We operate a furniture and electrical reuse project which also provides training and development opportunities for disadvantage people within the East of Newcastle. The project provides a wide range of furniture and electrical equipment at affordable prices to those most in need as well as helping people in their efforts to obtain long term employment and reducing the level of landfill. We are looking to expand our training opportunities in the future to include the likes of furniture renovation.
Main Contact Person: Allan Woodhead
Address: Unit 5, Mill Lane North, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear NE4 1QA
Tel: 0191 256 8377
Email: newcastlewest@communitytransport.org
Opening Times: Mon to Fri 0900-1200 - 1300-1600

Don't Bin It - Win It! (BAN Waste)
Main Activities: BAN Waste is currently working in partnership with Newcastle City Council on an incentive scheme called ‘Don’t Bin It Win It!’ to encourage more households to take part in the city’s kerbside recycling scheme. The scheme is targeted at over 100,000 households who have access to the city’s kerbside recycling collection service and will be extended to a further 85,000 households in North Tyneside Council later in 2006.
Main Contact Person: Phil Capon
Address: 14 Great North Road, Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear NE2 4PS
Tel: 0191 230 4217 or 07986 758 931
Fax: 0191 232 3917
Email: phil.capon@googlemail.com
Website: www.banwaste.org.uk
Opening Times: Mon to Fri 1000-1700

Durham Wildlife Trust (working across Tyne and Wear)
Main Activities:
The Durham Wildlife Trust overall aims are to protect wildlife and promote nature conservation. It has a membership scheme with over 8,500 members, runs events, manages 26 nature reserves and 4 visitor centres, provides environmental education, and has a variety of species and habitat recovery projects. Several events, courses and projects have focused on the reuse, recycle and composting themes on an ongoing basis.
Main Contact Person: Julie Fulton
Address: Rainton Meadows, Chilton Moor, Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear, DH4 6PU
Tel: 0191 5843112
Fax: 0191 5843934
Email: jfulton@durhamwt.co.uk
Website: www.wildlifetrust.org.uk/durham

Kerb-it, Groundwork South Tyneside
Main Contact Person: Laura Atkinson
Address: The Eco Centre, Windmill Way, Hebburn, South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear NE31 1SR
Tel: 0191 4281144
Email: lauraatkinson2@hotmail.com
Opening Times: Mon to Fri 0830-1700

Little Wasters cic
Little Wasters is a community interest company that undertakes community engagement, education, media and consultation work around waste and sustainability issues. Little Wasters works in partnership with Newcastle City Council to promote the city's kerbside recycling scheme through an incentive prize draw. Called 'Recycle and Win!' the prize draw offers residents who recycle using their black box the chance of winning a wide range of prizes. Little Wasters uses a mix of community initiatives, marketing, press and consultation work to raise the profile of recycling, and in particular Newcastle's kerbside scheme. The campaign is funded through a combination of local authority support and sponsorship. Little Wasters also coordinate the recycling at Newcastle Community Green Festival.

During 2007-8 they are managing Newcastle's 'Don’t Bin It-win It' kerbside incentive scheme, carrying out intensive community engagement work in Cowgate and promoting the city's Recycling Assisted Lift service.

Main contact: Phil Capon
Address: Ouseburn Farm, Stepney Bank, Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 2PW
Tel: 0191 260 5693
Email: phil.capon@googlemail.com

Newcastle Education Business Partnership
Main Activities: This scheme provides the means to recycle surplus items from businesses into education, giving the resources a new lease of life and assisting schools by supplementing the school budget. Newcastle EBP co-ordinates the requests from schools with those offered by businesses.
Main contact person: Tom Bittle
Contact Address: The Newcastle Springfield centre, off Blakelaw Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE5 3HU
Tel: 0191 277 4444
Fax: 0191 2774453
Email: tom.bittle@newcastle.gov.uk
Website: www.newcastle-ebp.org.uk

Ouseburn Farm
Main recycling activities and other relevant details:
Providing and facilitating environmental training, activities, events and education; this will include horticulture and composting. Demonstrating best practice in sustainable construction and management and providing information about renewable energy themes.
Main Contact Person: Jan Shimmin
Address: Ouseburn Farm, Ouseburn Road (off Lime Street) Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 2PA
Tel: 0191 232 3698
Email: jan.shimmin@newcastle.gov.uk
Opening times: The building is not currently fully open to the public so please phone before hand. Facilities are available for rental.

Play Together
Main activities: Play Together has responsibility for developing and enhancing play in Sunderland. Part of the service we offer to be able to achieve this is to provide a scrap store to a number of play and youth projects across the City. We collect unwanted and waste materials from local business such as card, coloured paper and vinyl, cardboard tubes, material and a whole host of other materials. We then prepare and present these materials for use as art and craft and creative play materials. Play projects are invited to come to our scrap store and buy scrap by the bag.

We are open for sale of scrap of a Wednesday, Thursday and Friday morning between 9.30am and 12.30pm.

Main contact person: Keith Laws
Address: ETEC, Hudson House, 11 Moor Terrace, Sunderland, Hendon SR1 2JH
Telephone: 0191 514 6140
Email: keith.laws@etec.org.uk

Printer Cartridge Recycling (PCR) scheme
Main activities: The scheme solely supports UK children's charities through the recycling of donated mobile phones and printer cartridges. 100% of our profit is donated to charity as all staff are voluntary.
Main contact person: Mark McNichol
Address: UK Recycling, 55 Bewick Street, South Shields, Tyne and Wear NE33 4BU
Tel: 0191 423 10 30 / 077403-68537
Email: mark@ukrecycling.net
Website: www.ukrecycling.net

Renew North East
Main Contact Person: Paul Keast
Address: 1-7 Baltic Road, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear NE10 0SB
Tel: 0191 4697068
Fax: 0191 4952183
Email: paulkeast@renewnortheast.com
Website: www.renewnortheast.co.uk
Opening Times: Mon to Fri 9am - 4pm Baltic Road
Monday only 9am-5pm Gateshead Indoor Market

Sports Recycler
Main Activities:
This is a new social enterprise about to launch for the summer 2006. It is open and welcomes donations of unwanted sports equipment such as bikes and rowing machines which will be made available to those who wish or need to use them. We will be working in partnership with South Tyneside council, local health professionals and welcome community partnerships.
Main Contact Person: Linda Rutter
Address: Wyvestow Lodge, 2 Sunderland Road, South Shields, Tyne and Wear NE33 4UR
Tel: 0798 4405724
Email: enquiries@sportsrecycler.co.uk

Sunderland Community Furniture Service
General Manager: Tony Lawson
Address: Unit 13C, Southwick Industrial Estate, North Hylton Road, Southwick, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear SR5 3TX
Tel: 01915494343
Fax: 01915488681
Email: scfs@talk21.com
www.scfservices.org.uk

St Oswald's Hospice
Main contact person: Giles Dickinson
Address: St Oswald’s Hospice, Head office, Regent Ave., Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 1EE
Tel: 0191 285 0063
Fax: 0191 284 8004
Email: enquiries@stoswaldsuk.org

Tyne Bridge Friends of the Earth
Main Contact Person: John Broderick
Address: 1 Salisbury House, Byker, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE6 1AG
Tel: 0781 299 1290 Home: 0191 265 7716
Email: tynebridge_foe@yahoo.co.uk
Website: www.foe.co.uk/tynebridge

Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust
Main Contact Person: Jane Ramshaw
Address: Pattinson, Washington, Tyne and Wear, NE38 8LE
Tel: 0191 4165454 x223
Fax: 0191 4165801
Email: jane.ramshaw@wwt.org.uk
Website: www.wwt.org.uk
Opening Times: Summer 0930-1730, Winter 0930-1630

County Durham

A & E Thompson
Main Contact Person: Andrew Thompson
Address: Embleton Old Hall, Hurnworth Burn, Wingate, Co. Durham
Tel: 01429 838433
Fax: 01429 835180
Email: m.a.thompson@farmersweekly.net
Website: www.compost-uk.co.uk
Opening Times: Daily 0800-1730

County Durham Furniture Help Scheme
Main Contact Person: Christopher C.C.R. Palmer
Address: Unit 20, Avenue 3, Chilton Industrial Estate, Ferryhill, Co. Durham DL17 0PB
Tel: 01388 721509
Email: countydurhamfurniturehelpscheme@uwclub.net or cdfhs@uwclub.net
Website: www.communigate.co.uk/ne/furniturehelp
Opening Times: Open Monday - Saturday 10 am till 2 pm

Durham Wildlife Trust
Main Activities:
The Durham Wildlife Trust overall aims are to protect wildlife and promote nature conservation. It has a membership scheme with over 8,500 members, runs events, manages 26 nature reserves and 4 visitor centres, provides environmental education, and has a variety of species and habitat recovery projects. Several events, courses and projects have focused on the reuse, recycle and composting themes on an ongoing basis.
Main Contact Person: Julie Fulton
Address: Rainton Meadows, Chilton Moor, Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne and Wear DH4 6PU
Tel: 0191 5843112
Fax: 0191 5843934
Email: jfulton@durhamwt.co.uk
Website: www.wildlifetrust.org.uk/durham

REACT Project - Durham Wildlife Trust
Main Activities: The REACT project is a partnership project run by Durham Wildlife Trust, with the support of North of England Refugee Service and Commercial Road Youth Project to establish various different types of garden around East Community Centre in Hendon. Within this project they aim to include an organic garden with scope to grow fruit and vegetables, as well as sensory, wildlife, cultural and peace gardens. The project will also be establishing composting facilities.
Contact details as above for Durham Wildlife Trust.
Opening Hours: Wednesdays and Fridays from the East Community Centre, Hendon.

East Durham Partnership
Main Contact Person: Dr. Yogendra Rai
Address: 18 Lister Road, Peterlee, Co Durham SR8 2RB
Tel: 0191 518 4394
Fax: 0191 586 8258
Email: admin@edfreuse.co.uk
Website: www.eastdurhampartnership.co.uk
Opening Times: Monday to Friday: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm

Green-works
Main Contact Person: Keith Rogerson (Sales Manager)
Address: 18 Lister Road, North West Industrial Estate, Peterlee, Co. Durham SR8 2RB
Tel: 0191 5184394
Email: yogenrai@edfreuse.co.uk
Website: www.green-works.co.uk
Opening Times: 0900-1600

National Trust - White Lea Farm
Main Contact Person: Paul Tointon
Address: White Lea Farm, Easington Colliery, Peterlee, Co. Durham SR8 3UX
Tel: 0191 5279612
Fax: 0191 5279612
Email: paul.tointon@nationaltrust.org.uk
Website: www.nationaltrust.org

Rotter Community Composting
Main activities: "Rotters" operate a kerbside collection of green waste in Barnard Castle in 2004 rolling out into Teesdale district by 2006. We collect, receive and recycle green domestic waste into compost and timber into charcoal, or for large bits can be cut into usable timber products. All products being distributed locally, with some products sold on site. This project is an extension of our training for long-term unemployed and regeneration in Teesdale.
Main contact person: Martin Bacon
Address: Conservation Centre, Deepdale Woods, Startforth, Barnard Castle, County Durham, DL12 9TB
Tel: 01833 690022
Fax: 01833 690022
Email: rotterscomposting@yahoo.co.uk

Seymour Trust
Main Contact Person: Dave Stephenson
Address: Office 3, Shildon Business Centre, Dabbleduck Ind Est, Shildon, Co. Durham DL4 2RF
Tel: 01388 604386
Fax: 01388 604386
Email: trustseymour@aol.com

Tees Valley

Compost Crew - Middlesbrough Environment City
Main Contact Person: Mary Whiting
Address: Melrose House, Melrose Street, Middlesbrough TS1 2XL
Tel: 01642 811300
Fax: 01642 264944
Email: Mec.info@classmail.co.uk
Website: www.menvcity.org.uk

CLEMANCE
Main Activities: Consultancy - our mission is to deliver environmentally sustainable solutions through innovative science and technology.
Main Contact Person: Gareth Kane
Contact address: University of Teesside, Middlesbrough TS1 3BA
Tel: 01642 384 418
Fax: 01642 384 418
Email: clemance@tees.ac.uk
Website: www.tees.ac.uk/clemance

F.R.A.D.E.
Main activities: A social enterprise that collects unwanted furniture and electrical, (although no washing machines) and then makes it available to those in need through selling at a small fee. The business employs eight people and also has a number of volunteer helpers. Most of the paid staff are funded through the Community Fund with other income coming from the sale of furniture and one-off donations.
Main Contact Person: John Trevillion
Address: Unit 1, Phoenix Workshops, Britannia Road, Stockton on Tees, TS19 0BN
Tel: 01642 608791
Contact person: Chris Lax
Address: Unit 11, Borough Road Ind Est., Darlington, DL1 1TS
Tel: 01325 357379
Email: frade@icteesside.co.uk
Opening Times: Mon to Fri 0930-1530

Freecycle Middlesbrough
Main contact person: Alice Wood
Freecycle is an email list where people give away things that they no longer need for free. This group is for the Middlesbrough area.
Websites: uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/middlesbroughfreecycle
Email: middlesbroughfreecycle-owner@yahoogroups.co.uk

HEAP Community Composting Project
Main Activities: Hartlepool Environmental Awareness Project (HEAP) is a community composting project that aims to make use a variety of waste streams from local sources and offer back good quality compost to the local community.
Main Contact Person: Kevin Cranney, Mark Ashman
Address: 244/246 Catcote Road, Hartlepool, Tees Valley TS25 3JN
Tel: 01429 283 187
Fax: 01429 283186
Email: info@ofca.org.uk
Website: www.ofca.org.uk

SHELVE - Sustainable Hartlepool End of Life Vehicle Enterprise
Main Activities: SHELVE aims to develop a sustainable community enterprise that will recover and recycle 85-95 percent of end of life vehicles that will: reduce landfill waste; provide new employment opportunities for people from disadvantaged wards throughout Hartlepool; increase the employability of people particularly young people from disadvantaged wards by providing training and work experience opportunities and increase the public's awareness and participation in recycling by providing environmental information.
Main Contact Person: Kevin Cranney, Mark Ashman
Address: 244/246 Catcote Road, Hartlepool, Tees Valley, TS25 3JN Tel: 01429 283 187
Fax: 01429 283186
Email: info@ofca.org.uk
Website: www.ofca.org.uk

Renew Tees Valley Ltd.
Main Activities: We facilitate and fund activity which ultimately creates economic benefit and/or awareness building in renewable energy/waste management.
Main Contact Person: Paul A Jackson
Address: South Tees Business Centre, Puddlers Road, Middlesbrough TS6 6TL
Tel: 01642 438581
Fax: 01642 438512
Email: pajackson@renewteesvalley.co.uk

Settlement Furniture Services
Main activities: The "Recycling for Reuse" project collects unwanted furniture and white goods that are in working order (including fridges and cookers), refurbishes and distributes them to the community. They reduce waste going to landfill sites, improving the local environment and providing affordable furniture and white goods for eligible customers and now providing services within East Cleveland. They also employ a development worker who provides education, awareness raising and promotional visits.
Main Contact Person: Les Harbron
Address: Units 2&3, Metcalfe Road, Skippers Lane Industrial Estate, Middlesbrough TS6 6PT
Tel: 01642 463862
ALSO
Address: Swales Enterprise, Moreland Street, Hartlepool, Cleveland, TS24 7NL
Tel: 01429 272 272
Email: sfs.southbank@btconnect.com

Region-wide

BTCV North East
Main activities: We are working with local partnerships to carry out a variety of projects, which include:

Conservation and Environment Enhancing Projects
Weekday and Weekend Volunteering
Millennium Volunteers (MVs)
Conservation Holidays
BTCV Institute for Environmental Conservation Courses

Main contact person: Ashleigh McLean, North Pennines Administrator
Contact Address: Durham Dales Centre, Castle Gardens, Stanhope, Bishop Aukland, County Durham DL13 2FJ
Tel: 01388 529300
Fax: as above
Email: stanhope@btcv.org.uk
Website: www.btcvnp.co.uk and national website www.btcv.org.uk

Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens
Main activities: Community farms and gardens have grown from within their local community. Each has its own distinctive flavour and appeal that reflects its local environment. Many are involved in composting activities; some run bicycle recycling projects; many recycle wood for use at the farm or garden. Contact the FCFCG to find out more about community farms and gardens recycling in your area.
Main Contact Person: Mandy Oliver
Address: 65 Beech Grove, Blackhall Mill, Newcastle upon Tyne NE17 7TD
Tel: 01207 565776
Fax: 01207 565776
Email: mandy@farmgarden.org.uk
Website: www.farmgarden.org.uk

Freecycle
Main contact people: Em & Theo
Freecycle is an email list where people give away things that they no longer need for free.
Email: toon-owner@yahoogroups.com
Websites:
www.toon.org.uk
www.freecycle.org
groups.yahoo.com/group/toon

Outside Region

Used Inkjet Cartridges
This website has a list of a few organisations and charities who are collecting empty inkjet cartridges so they can sell them and make money.
Website: www.reuze.co.uk/inkjet.shtml