Warwickshire County Council Waste Management
A tour of two of Warwickshire County Council's acclaimed and award-winning recycling centre re-use shops.
Lower House Farm was featured on BBC TV's Beakfast see www.live.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26765510
Lower House Farm's re-use shop is now operated by Age UK Warwickshire whose 8-shop partnership with Warwickshire County Council has been honoured by a number of national and international award schemes
See also WRAP HWRC guidance which highlights Lower House Farm as a shared service with Staffordshire County Council www.wrap.org.uk/sites/files/wrap/INH0449_HWRC_Guide_%20final.pdf
Meanwhile the re-use shop at Nuneaton's Judkins HWRC is opeated by social enterprise Chapter 1 trading as 2nd Chance. Judkins is owned and operated by FCC Environment and opened in summer 2014 following a major redevelopment. See www.nuneaton-news.co.uk/Recycle-centre-officially-open/story-21664018-detail/story.html
2nd Chance won Best Community Recycling Initiative title at the Awards for Excellence in Recycling and Waste Management 2016