Introduction to SCRAP
The SCRAP Partnership was formed in 2005 and is committed to working, in co-operation with others, in the public, private and voluntary sector, to promote effective sustainable waste management and recycling throughout Swansea.
SCRAP is not just waste material! In the case of Swansea Community Recycling Alliance Partnership it's about bringing together all organisations and individuals in the Swansea County who are involved in Waste management and Recycling.
The partnership seeks to promote sustainable waste management and recycling and has been established to bring together those already active in the field to serve as a 'Starter Nucleus' for the development subsequently of a Forum that represents the WHOLE of the recycling sector in the Swansea area. Members are asked to be as open and transparent as possible to engender real working relationships that truely benefit every resident of the City & County of Swansea. The Partnership itself is open and accessible to the whole community.
Through the medium of the recycling sector, the Partnership plans to contribute positively to the reduction in waste being currently directed toward disposal where this process with of course, have the potential to generate numerous other additional benefits for the Swansea Community (impacting as such on aspects of social well-being, employment, local ownership and self-worth, health, economic development, transportation, social opportunity, training and education, etc). Hence offering a contribution to the social regeneration of Swansea.
Below is a list of our current members. Click on the logo to visit their website.
BEN is established to promote equality of opportunity within the ethnic community in the preservation,
protection and development of the environment. We are a UK charity which promotes social inclusion through
working as a catalyst for change. While working to support ethnic communities we recognise that mainstream
organisations must also be supported to gain awareness and skills to provide information, resources and
services which are socially and culturally relevant to the needs defined by ethnic communities.
The City and County of Swansea provides a range of recycling services for the people of Swansea. These include kerbside collections of certain materials and Community Recycling Points for many more. Refer to www.swansea.gov.uk/recycling for a full description of what is provided.
The Council is happy to have been associated with the SCRAP partnership since its inception and is keen to develop partnership working with voluntary groups and community organisations further to the benefit of all concerned in the County.
Cylch is an umbrella membership organisation representing community sector, non profit-distributing waste
minimisation, re-use and recycling organisations operating in Wales. National Assembly and WLGA publications
recognise the contribution that the community sector has in the development of materials' recovery, re-use and
recycling in Wales and the valuable role it can play in promoting recycling and engaging communities in
recycling activities. There is also recognition that community sector re-use and recycling activities usually
include factors that stretch beyond the recycling activity itself, factors that combat social exclusion and promote
regeneration.
foundation began its work in 1999 under the RainbowGroup name and has now been fully incorporated
as a Company limited by guarantee, registered not for profit and is expecting charity status in the coming
weeks. It runs two supported housing units in Swansea, which takes in residents who have been homeless or
have a supported need to be on a programme of rehabilitation. It helps them rejoin the community in time and
continues to support them with advice, training and support. It does this through provisions of household items
and effects and continues to reach into the wider community and the needs of those who are on benefits, low
income and generally live in poverty. Enfys also has a shop that receives donations from Swansea residents for
furniture, electrical items, clothing and bric a brac.
The Environment Centre is an independent charity who's focus is environmental information, education and activity in South West Wales.
Gorseinon Development Trust was established in January 2003 to take over the reins from the
Gorseinon Regeneration Forum. The trust registered as a charity in April 2008 The Trust is led a
voluntary board of trustees who come from the our membership and different sections of our
community including public, voluntary and private sectors, covering all interests, including
business, education, environment health, faith, and leisure.
MOre Green is a Swansea based community-focused micro organization, working with and for the community, providing and delivering a Re-use / Recycle Project in order to raise awareness of waste issues by active participation in the project’s activities. We work with all sections of the community – individuals, charities, Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) and businesses – and across all social boundaries. In addition to our established furniture collection and distribution service, we also carry out variety of eco based services and environmental workshops.
Mumbles Development Trust (MDT) is involved in many regeneration and sustainability projects in the Mumbles area. It was established by the community to actively promote, develop and organise self-help community projects and initiatives that aim to enhance the local environment and community heritage.
PHILLIPS ELECTRICAL (PHILLIPS) Phillips Electrical's aim is for old appliances (excluding refrigeration items) to be stripped down, parts re-used/sold on maximising the amount of a machine which can be recycled, allowing the minimum amount of products to be incinerated/dumped in landfills. For those parts which cannot be re-sold, or re-used in the reconditioning of appliances, we intend to strip down each component as much as possible before handing it over to the most appropriate dealer.
The Real Nappy Campaign promotes the use of reusable nappies throughout Wales and provides impartial information and advice about choosing real nappies to parents, parents-to-be, nurseries, community groups and the Health Sector
Re-Cycle scheme in Swansea, which is a project of the Black Environment Network, takes in donations of unwanted bikes which are refurbished, repaired and supplied cheaply to low waged people, asylum seekers and refugees.
Simply take your unwanted bicycles to the Re-Cycle workshop, or browse the showroom at Catherine Street (alley between number 19A and The Mill pub), off Bryn y Mor Road Swansea.
RESaREC is the furniture scheme of Cyrenians Cymru. It provides quality recycled furniture to the homeless, people on benefits and people on low income. We can collect certain furniture items free of charge in the Swansea area.
RSPCA Llys Nini is an independent local charity within the RSPCA. Our area of operation is
across South Wales from Bridgend to Llanelli. Our aims are to promote kindness and to prevent
or suppress cruelty to animals. We believe that one way to do this is to manage the environment
for
biodiversity and sustainability.
To this end we are managing our 78 acres of land at Penllergaer for the benefit of the wildlife on
site. We also undertake a number of recycling activities through the Animal Centre and our
shops. We reuse and recycle textiles, currently recycling about 7 tonnes and reusing about 46
tonnes each year. Our textile recycling operation involves selling good quality clothes for reuse
locally or sending it to other parts of the world, reusing household items such as towels and
bedding at the Animal Centre and passing all poor quality textiles for recycling.
Llys Nini is a membership organisation, open to anyone who embraces our aims. We operate as
a social enterprise run by a committee of local volunteers, we offer volunteering, training and
development opportunities to people (including those at risk of social exclusion), and employ 34
people. Education and awareness raising is integral to our work, and to this and, we work with
school and community groups.
Sundance Renewables is a not-for-profit social enterprise, organised as a workers co-operative and committed to increasing renewable energy systems in Wales. We help community regeneration through a sustainable approach and intend for any surplus profits to be used to support other community renewable energy projects.Sundance have set up the first community based Biodiesel Production Plant in the UK. Liquid solar energy from recycled vegetable oil
Friends of the Earth is a leading environmental pressure groups both in the UK and internationally. Over 30 years of campaigning in the UK it has helped to raise awareness of the environmental problems we all face. The failure of the main political parties to seriously meet the environmental challenge shows that the need for individual action for greater now than ever. Friends of the Earth is unique among the major individual organisations for its commitment to helping individuals become actively involved through a network of local groups. Swansea Friends of the Earth is the group that covers Swansea and Neath- Port Talbot. We also give advice in some of the surrounding valleys where there is no FoE group.
Swansea FoE have been in existence since 1984 and a number of our activists have been involved over a number of years becoming specialist campaigners in a particular environmental area.
Sustainable Wales is a constituted Charity, registered since 1997, working on numerous projects dealing with
sustainable development. In particular Sustainable Wales has operated and continues to operate a number of
successful waste reduction projects, is a member organisation of Cylch and is committed to a ‘Zero Waste’
concept.
Swansea Community Farm is a is a local, independent, registered charity and a company limited by guarantee. The Community Farm’s main project aims are:
To provide a sustainable, city based community farm that is stimulating and educational and offers enjoyable
and safe activities for its visitors.
To provide a community resource run by local people for the benefit of all sections of the local community.
To educate and stimulate peoples thinking about such issues as the environment, animal welfare, health and
nutrition.
Provide opportunities for people to gain practical and other skills, to develop new interests and make new
friends.
To develop and run the farm in a way that minimises any negative impact on the environment.
To ensure access to as much of the farm as possible for as many people as possible.
Swansea Metropolitan University has been working to improve its environment - friendliness and
sustainability for several years. There has been an Environment Manager in post since 2000. The Institute has
a top level Sustainability Committee (with a number of sub committees Travel, Energy and Water, and Waste)
which overlooks sustainable procurement issues including the Fairtrade Committee. SMU moved forward on a Waste Strategy in September 2005. This was underpinned by an
undergraduate student project - a waste survey and questionnaire. In September 2006, we have awarded a
new tripartite waste management contract with Swansea and Trinity Universities to Veolia. We gained Welsh
Assembly Government funding via the Waste Minimisation Grant in July 2006 for the supply of recycling bins.
W.I.S.E. (Welsh Initiative for Supported Employment) was established in 1984, ans is a supported employment agency workinmg with adults with learning disability in Swansea -Port Talbot. W.I.S.E. is a community co-op and a company limited by guarentee which also has charitable status.
Our primary objective is to support Adults with a Learning Disability to gain employment, and towards that end
we are currently involved in the development of social firms (businesses established to create employment for
people who are at a disadvantage in the open labour market). We sincerely hope that at least one such firm will
work in the field of recycling/ re-use.
Download our Mission Statement *HERE
Download our Memorandum Of Understanding *HERE
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