There are plenty of companies out there providing services which put people before profit. Business services, utilities, re-use & re-cycle schemes.
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Burwell Community Print is a busy, efficient printing and print-finishing centre which offers a variety of printing and photocopying services at competitive rates. Burwell Community Print is a social training enterprise, a business that trades for a social purpose. It provides vocational training...
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Cam Sight is a charity, working with blind and partially sighted people within Cambridgeshire. Its vision is a society where visually impaired people enjoy the same rights and opportunities as other people and where no-one feels isolated or excluded due to losing their sight. Cam Sight strives to m...
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CCR is licensed by the Environment Agency as a waste carrier and helps companies to recycle personal computers, user terminals and systems, as well as printers. CCR tries to reuse materials whenever possible....
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A copy centre with a conscience! Cambridge Copy Studio buys printing machines made out of recycled plastic; they've customised a bike to carry architectural drawings to reduce their van use; they use recycled or sustainably managed paper; their ink is reasonably biodegradable; and the packaging they...
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Cambridge Foodbank is a registered charity that re-distributes surplus food from the food industry to local charities working with people faced with food insecurity. It aims to tackle issues of landfill, recycling, food surplus and social exclusion. Organisations that work with clients faced with...
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A fully constituted street community group led by homeless, ex-homeless and vulnerably housed people, working to represent homeless people and provide information and services. Regular meetings and activities....
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SOFA (Shifts Offered Furniture Around!) is a not-for-profit voluntary group and registered charity that recycles good quality electrical appliances, furniture & household goods in Cambridge and the surrounding area. The organisation provides opportunities for individuals facing social and economic e...
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A voluntary group, run by parents with no commercial interests, which works to: increase parents’ awareness of choice of nappies; increase the use of reusable nappies; encourage local hospitals and health care professionals to give information and advice about nappies to parents and expectant pare...
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A website run by Cambridge City Council, containing loads of information about ways to take action on environmental issues, including local recycling and safe waste disposal options....
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Citylife is an independent charitable organisation which amongst its other activities, provides affordable workspaces and office units for social and creative enterprises in Cambridge - currently on Newmarket Road, with a future move to North Cambridge planned at the time of writing. They raise fund...
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Green Clean offer 100% environmentally friendly home, office, commercial, contract, carpet, window and ironing services....
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Carries out energy efficiency audits and provides advice on optimum boiler installation for houses, on behalf of homeowners, local authorities, builders, surveyors and architects. Provides Energy Perfomance Certificates, SAP Home Energy Ratings, and Energy Efficiency Assessments....
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Safe, secure, environmentally friendly computer recycling and IT disposal, in line with the WEEE directive. IT-Green is registered with the Environment Agency for the disposal of used/redundant and end of life IT equipment....
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An ethically run and environmentally responsible IT services company, based in Trowbridge Wiltshire, specialising in eco-friendly, solar powered, green hosting, domain name registrations, SSL digital certificates and high quality, affordable, ethical website design. All of their hosting servers, off...
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Designs and installs handcrafted and bespoke solid wood kitchens and furniture, made from reclaimed pine and FSC sustainable hardwoods....
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Delivery of documents, small and medium sized parcels and other items by BIKE anywhere within the City. How cool is that?! Their vision is to create a viable emission-free alternative to vans and taxis to transport goods in and around Cambridge. Specifically, Outspoken Delivery aims to remove 50,000...
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The only co-operative phone and internet provider in the UK, distributing profits back to the individuals and organisations that own it. It was founded in 1998 with the aim of making cheaper telecommunications services available primarily to the third sector by purchasing collectively. They apply a ...
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Reboot is an organisation that recycles old computer equipment. They sell cheap second hand PCs, or provide them free to social organisations. They also support people into work through their training and work experience programme for young adults. They guarantee hard drive wiping, and meet waste...
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The Social Enterprise People exists to develop social and co-operative enterprises in Cambridgeshire and the surrounding areas. If you are starting or developing any of the following, they can offer support and represent your interests: Trading activities in a voluntary or community organisation;...
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Swap & Sell (S&S) is a free website information service provided by the Recycling in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough (RECAP). RECAP provides info about recycling, reducing waste, composting and even selling waste! The S&S is online exchange service where you can access details about unwanted or surp...
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This is a locally owned, independent opticians' practice, which also supports two charity organisations working in the developing world - by collecting old sets of glasses and donating money to Vision Aid Overseas, which redistributes glasses in less developed countries; and also by donating money t...
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