Useful links

The following is a selection of websites we find useful and which may also be helpful for you.

  • Green Building Council – membership organisation which aims to radically improve the sustainability of the built environment.
  • Green Book Live – online listing of environmental products and services, designed to help specifiers and end users identify products and services that can help them reduce their impact on the environment.
  • Plastics 2020 Challenge – the plastics industry is doing everything it can to encourage a reduction in the amount of packaging going to landfill by 2020.
  • WRAP – works with businesses and individuals to help them reap the benefits of reducing waste, develop sustainable products and use resources in an efficient way.
  • RECOUP – national charity founded in 1990 to develop UK plastics packaging recycling opportunities.
  • Let’s Recycle – the UK’s recycling and waste management news and information site for businesses, councils and the waste and recycling sector.
  • Recycle Now – advice and ideas on recycling.
  • Carbontrust – specialist support to help business and the public sector boost business returns by cutting carbon emissions, saving energy and making more use of low carbon technologies.
  • The Green Business Network – the GBN provides environmental advice and support to local businesses in Kirklees and Calderdale.
  • Sustainable Development (DEFRA) – the UK government department responsible for policy and regulations on the environment, food and rural affairs.
  • CO2Sense – helps businesses to prosper in the low carbon economy. Funded by the development agency Yorkshire Forward.