WASTE MANAGEMENT AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Dear Friends,

I enclose a brief summary of the activities of my organisation, the World Resource Foundation, a UK NGO.

We offer a network of contacts and free information on the management of solid waste, and are particularly keen to improve links with colleagues in Central and Eastern Europe, especially in Russia.

We offer free subscription to an excellent quarterly journal 'Warmer Bulletin', which is available in English, German or Spanish languages.

We need good inormation and contacts to enhance our worldwide service. Anyone from environmental groups, government, industry or the academic world with any interest in waste issues is welcome to contact us, join our network and use our comprehensive services.

Thank you,

Kit Strange
Director
World Resource Foundation

The World Resource Foundation:

The World Resource Foundation, a UK non-profit organisation, was established in 1984 to provide reliable information on the management of municipal solid waste. The WRF has offices in England, Germany and Spain. With a network of expert contacts around the world, the WRF deliver accurate, reliable and free information on all aspects of resource recovery and waste management.

WRF believes that society squanders resources in the waste it discards. Additional resources are spent unnecessarily in pursuing misguided waste management options with no net environmental benefit.

WRF is convinced that society must strive for sustainable resource management, eliminating superfluous waste creation, recovering resources from waste with least overall damage to the environment.

WRF is working to ensure relevant decisions are taken, informed by the best available access to information, with full regard to environmental interests.

The objectives of the World Resource Foundation are to:

define waste
promote the effective use of waste
enhance understanding of waste as a resource
encourage consideration of the environmental impact of waste management and the opportunities for resource recovery
assist individuals, local authorities, national governments and international organisations make justifiable decisions on resource recovery

WRF is working towards attaining its objectives through:

stimulating a constructive debate on resource recovery and its environmental impact
becoming better recognised internationally as an informed authority and source of reliable information
targetting key opinion-formers and decision-makers and the public at large, actively influencing their views

Communication is achieved predominantly in two ways - through the services of a comprehensive library facility and through the publication of a quarterly magazine 'Warmer Bulletin'.

The World Resource Foundation library holds the following resources:

more than 10,000 separate information items (books, reports etc)
computer database for rapid data retrieval
electronic mail-based information service
access to on-line systems
parliamentary and press monitoring reports
a wide range of international journals and magazines
dedicated staff
public information request service

The World Resource Foundation's free quarterly publication, which is now read by more than 120,000 people in over 100 countries, offers the following benefits:

news, features and technical articles on resource recovery and waste management
comprehensive reports of legislative, technical and policy developments around the world
published in English, German and Spanish languages
every issue contains an 'Information Sheet' - a detailed single issue briefing report
review of new books, conference proceedings
forthcoming diary events

Please contact me for further information, or for a free subscription to 'Warmer Bulletin' , our quarterly 24 page journal on waste management issues.

Kit Strange, Director
World Resource Foundation
Bridge House
High Street
Tonbridge
Kent TN9 1DP
Great Britain

Tel: +44 1732 368 333
Fax: +44 1732 368 337

email: KStrange@worldres.demon.co.uk