Morning all.

I hope this thread is OK - I am trying to compile a list of UK-based, (SME-sized) manufacturers of "eco/green" products. I thought you chaps would have some ideas / contacts etc to help me.

for example, and I've not yet found that many;

www.resilica.com - make kitchen workstops from recycled glass, as an alternative to granite.
www.visionarysoap.co.uk - make fair trade soaps.

Please post up some links of manufacturers you are aware of.
(The products don't have to be recycled)

many thanks

Chris

How about the makers of variable flush devices to retrofit to exg cisterns? There's at least one which is (as far as I know) *made* in UK - certainly the manuf is based in UK. And some of the smaller 'green' insuation manufs? A Scottish SWH manuf almost certainly qualifies. And that's from 2 minutes' thought. There must be bucket-loads more.

Errr, did I allude to ICE and WS Atkins? Not knowingly! (Although I find ICE extremely useful).I was thinking more of specific products, which I did not mention initially because I did not wish to be seen to be advertising.

Yep, just trying to compile a list of UK manufactured products - (by SME's.)

Thanks in advance for any suggestions from the Group.
I've asked here, in the hope to receive suggestions from experience.

Hi,
I think the key words here are SME's and UK manf.
This would exclude a uk branch of a bigger outfit unless they are operating independantly.
Just as well you didnt use "sustainable" as we have already had a debate on the meaning of that.

To be clear are you looking for instances of products manf here in the UK by SME's but with the "eco" tag on them?
That would exclude folk who manf non eco related products but try to do so in the best possible way. So includes things that do eco things and only that (eg an energy saver). Or perhaps an eco version of something that isnt inherently eco - a recycled degradable plastic carrier bag for example.

It might prove to be quite a small list eco/sme/uk - even if some of the stuff were a bit eco bling it will be interesting to see - thinking hats on.

Cheers, Mike up North

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Thank you Robin!

Give Womerlsleys a ring?

http://www.womersleys.co.uk/about.htm

All use recycled materials and manufacture in the UK (if that's enough to make the list)..

http://www.dynaslate.co.uk/
http://www.marmaxproducts.co.uk/
http://www.kedel.co.uk/

I went to see 'Matilda's Planet' yesterday. They're a new company develping a huge factory site in Port Talbot to manufacter solid wall insulation, LEDs, radiant electric heating panels and large rooftop wind turbines. They've got some excellent ideas and are really keen on building jobs locally.

"large rooftop wind turbines"

What do they know that no one else knows?

The whereabouts of a large number of large rooftops

So what HAS changed Nick?


Arguably the rooftops you choose.
I was not being 100% flippant when I referred to large rooftops (well, about 99%). There are some installations on tower blocks which may work if mast height is tall enough. A lot will depend on turbulence (or not) from surrounding buildings and the building itself. Point-blocks with a good distance (and height advantage) between them and neighbouring buildings *may* have a good non-turbulent wind resource, but really good wind speed in urban areas is rare.

The vast majority of low-rise potential sites will suffer too much from turbulence.

OMG. LOL. WAYL.

I've moved the topic of VAWTs to another thread!