A practical way to reduce carbon emissions, tackle climate change and cut costs.   As more and more businesses are discovering, the environmental and financial benefits of saving energy go hand-in-hand. By finding ways to use less energy you can reduce your company’s carbon footprint, combat climate change and lower your bills.

Alternative, Fair Trade, ECO Friendly Environmentally Green Directory Home.

Organic & eco friendly clothing.

bestECOshop.com sell a range of DIY solar panels, LEDs, water and energy saving gadgets, along with other Eco products.

Freegle is a national grassroots organisation of people who are giving and receiving free unwanted items in their immediate communities. At present, there are over 125 local groups listed in the UK, keeping stuff out of landfill.

ecofreek.com is a search engine that searches the web for free and 'for swap/trade' items people no longer need from over 45+ sources, 10,000 libraries, real estate, agricultural/seed swap sources and more-providing the most diverse and accurate results anywhere in the world. 

They also encourage people to exchange and re-use items though their search engine and also their 'places to give things away' section.

The Energy Saving Trust encourages the sustainable and efficient use of energy. They promote the use of cleaner fuels and heating efficiency techniques. The EST provides practical assistance to householders and small organisations.

Friends of the Earth exists to protect and improve the conditions for life on Earth, now and for the future.

TRAID is a charity committed to protecting the environment and reducing world poverty by recycling and campaigning at home.

Cartridges4Charity.co.uk is a UK-wide service that recycles printer cartridges and mobile phones for the benefit of 3 charities. It’s really straightforward: after quickly checking if your cartridges or phones are recyclable, you can send straight away by handwriting or printing off a Freepost label. And, if they can’t take your particular cartridges (no scheme will take all cartridges) they will help you to find another free recycling service you can use instead.

With this, you could both be helping each other in their aim to spread awareness with regards to the importance of becoming environmentally responsible, and at the same time, they are also helping their partner charities with the money that they will be able to collect.

The Green Guide...
is about changing our patterns of consumption and seeking out greener, natural and ethical alternatives to every conceivable type of product and service.

It’s about buying more wisely, consuming less, wasting less, thinking through the consequences of our purchases. It’s about reducing our impact on the planet and our fellows by making choices that are better for us, better for the environment, and better for other people.

The Green Guides have been published since 1994 - as regional and local directories of eco-friendly goods and services, and also as specialist guides on topics such as a Green Christmas and the new guide to a greener wedding (due in 2008). With more than 12,500 listings in our database, the Green Guide is the most comprehensive source of green, natural and ethical businesses and organisations in the UK. It is the directory for planet-friendly living.

Eco Web Hosting provide ultra-reliable, carbon neutral web hosting with a rich feature list so that you can listen to your conscience without sacrificing value or quality service.

House contents clearance in England & Scotland. On average Abacus recycle 75% of all house clearance contents.

Abacus House Clearance are an established company with over 15 years experience clearing houses in Northern England, the Midlands and Scotland and offer a low cost house clearance service covering a wide range of towns and cities in those areas.

Established in 1989 The Furniture Re-use Network (FRN) is the national co-ordinating body for 400 furniture and appliance re-use and recycling organisations in the UK that collect a wide range of household items to pass onto people in need. The FRN promotes the re-use of unwanted furniture and household effects for the alleviation of need, hardship, distress and poverty. 2 million items per year are re-used and passed onto low income families. 85,000 tonnes of waste is diverted from landfill and 3000 people are working in the UK to collect and deliver furniture and appliances.

There are presently over 160 organisations within the FRN that refurbish and re-use domestic appliances. In total the FRN repairs and passes on over 250,000 domestic appliances a year to low-income families across the UK that cannot afford to purchase new appliances.

FRN members operate the largest fridge collection service in the UK. Collecting over 300,000 fridges a year. Up to 15% are re-useable and are passed onto low income families.

FRN members will play a key role in the management of UK Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE). 35+ regional centres are under development offering a full audit trail and will use fit for re-use a WEEE compliant national standard for appliance re-use and recycling published by the FRN.

GreenUsesForWaste contains over 60 articles written by our experts who continually update and add new content.

MyZeroWaste.com is a families blog about reducing the amount of waste they send to landfill each week. Follow their progress, leave a comment or two, cheer them on and see if they attain their goal of ZERO WASTE! Check out their monthly competitions, special offers and monthly challenge too! Join in the fun, but remember, this is a serious issue that is crucial for the wellfare of our planet.

Raise funds for breast cancer research through their recycling projects. Send them your old mobile phone, printer cartridges, clothes and even your bras!

Tree planting is also available through Against Breast Cancer.

The Hand Weaving Company are a professional, family run business based in Mid-Wales, and proud to be the largest suppliers of hand weaving products in the UK. Products - weaving sticks, peg looms, corkwork bobbins and lucets provide everything the hand weaver could possibly need. All their products are hand crafted in their workshops.

Peg loom weaving is a great tool when it comes to recycling. Use oddments of wool, strips of fabric, unspun fleece, plastic bags - almost anything. It's only the bounds of your imagination that will stop you!

Mobile Cash Mate recycle old mobile phones in accordance with the WEEE regulations.
MCM is accredited to Environmental Management System BSI ISO 14001, as well as holding Waste Management and Waste Transfer licenses.
Payment is offered for old/unwanted mobiles as an incentive for people to recycle.

QuitDay are an American organisation working to help the environment by encouraging smokers to quit and for correct disposal of cigarettes, with support from the American Cancer Society (http://www.cancer.org/).