Don't forget charity shops, e-Bay, Freegle and Freecycle, all of which can help you to make a home by re-using and upcycling other people's unwanted stuff.
Contents:
DIY
GENERAL/RECYCLING/UPCYCLING
HOUSE
HOME - FURNITURE ETC
B&Q
Shannon Commercial Centre, Beverley Way, New Malden KT3 4PT, and national
About us: "B&Q is proud to have been recognised as one of the UK's 60 Best Green Companies…We've got the experts on board. B&Q are proud to have partnered with sustainability professionals BioRegional to bring you the One Planet Home® range....B&Q only buy responsibly sourced wood. We are against illegal logging. With B&Q, it's easier to protect the world's forests."
Green awards and accreditations:
TTK comment: "We notice that this branch of B&Q now claims to be the greenest, to use a ground source heat pump for energy and rain water to water their plants - impressive!"
Phone: 020 8336 3500
Website: http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/templates/content_lookup.jsp?content=/content/marketing/one_planet_home/index.jsp&menu=eco
The Circulatory
Unit 5, Chiltern Works, Chiltern Drive, Surbiton, Surrey, KT5 8LS
About us: The Circulatory is the environmental social enterprise hub of Save the World Club charity, working to promote and develop a community resource centre and tackle the issue of waste in the Kingston Borough area by finding positive and effective ways to encourage people to reuse, with a focus on promoting community participation through the renovation and reuse of waste materials. It is presently based next to Berrylands Station.
Green awards and accreditations: part of charity: Save the World Club - multiple award winners.
Phone: 07962 231 830
Website: www.savetheworldclub,org/circulatory
Email: kayoss@savetheworldclub.org
JunkWize
11 Nightingale Court, 54 Thrale Road, SW16 1NY (We are active across London and we have done, and continue to do, much work in Kingston.)
About us: "JunkWize is a rubbish removal company which uses low carbon emission trucks and holds a licence from the Environment Agency. We only work with highly regarded specialist recycling agencies and our weekly environmentally focused blogs are well known. We have written for various respected organisations including Clean Up Britain, London Remade and Blue & Green Tomorrow... Our first objective will be to work with our recycling partners, using licensed landfill as a last resort. Being responsible citizens and caring for the environment is an extra benefit of using JunkWize."
Green awards and accreditations: Environment Agency Licence
Phone: 0800 644 0677
Website: http://www.junkwize.com/domestic
Email: enquiries@junkwize.com
Kwik Sweep Ltd
45 Barrett House, 4 Victoria Road, London, NW6 6QG - info@kwiksweep.com
About us: Kwik Sweep is an on demand rubbish removal company. we offer waste disposal, house clearance and offices clearance. We reuse and recycle over 95% of all waste collected.
Awards: National recycling awards 2018 for communication and customer service, Gold award recycling stars
Accreditations: CHAS, SafeContractor and ConstructionLine
Phone: 020 7624 9215
Websites: https://www.kwiksweep.co.uk/ and https://www.kwiksweep.co.uk/same-day-rubbish-removal-London
Email: info@kwiksweep.com
Lovejunk Limited
9 Felsham Road, London SW15 1AX
About us: LoveJunk is an online marketplace for bulky waste removal and reuse, connecting people to their cheapest available licensed waste collector or reuse organisation. More than 1 in 3 items listed as potentially reusable on LoveJunk end up being reused. It is recommended by many London councils and 5 star rated on the App Store and Google Play.
Website: www.lovejunk.com
Email: support@lovejunk.com
UnSkip.com
Online only
About us: "UnSkip aims to help recycle resources that are found in people's skips when they hire them. The idea is simple. You register your skip and skip contents, and others can do a search to see what's available near them. The overall benefits include: • Landfill will be reduced • Upcycling and recycling will be encouraged • Skipdivers and recyclers in the local community will gain access to resources • Anyone hiring a skip will have less costs as items will be removed from the skip • Skip hire companies will pay less in landfill tax • Skip hire companies also have an opportunity to enhance their green credentials"
Green awards and accreditations:
TTK comment: "One for skip-divers and upcyclers everywhere."
Phone:
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Website: www.unskip.com
Email:info@unskip.com
The Cave Co-operative
Siddeley House, 50 Canbury Park Road, Kingston KT2 6LX
About us: "Cave Co-operative is a sustainable architectural practice with a social business model. Cave focus on sustainable construction techniques and design solutions that bring out the full potential of a project whilst minimising environmental impact."
Green awards and accreditations:
TTK comment: "Very friendly and approachable - green thinking well explained."
Phone: 020 8549 7532
Website: http://www.cave.coop/
Email: info@cave.coop
The Invisible Painter
Abbeville Mews, 88 Clapham Park Rd, London SW4 7BX
About us: "Our success is based on combining experienced, fully qualified residential and commercial decorators and painters, rigorous quality control and flexible hours of working. Our desire to be invisible even extends to the use of eco-paints with no smell if that is what you need. According to our clients we are one of the best painting and decorating companies in London." The Invisible Painter is based in Clapham but serves the Kingston area. They use only eco-friendly paints that are free from odour and volatile organic compounds, and all their vans have Euro 5 engines which makes them more efficient and less polluting
Green awards and accreditations:
TTK comment:
Phone: 0207 622 7999
Website: http://theinvisiblepainter.co.uk
Email: http://theinvisiblepainter.co.uk/contact/
Parity Projects
Unit 2301-231 Riverside Business Centre, Haldane Place, London, SW18 4UQ
About us: "We specialise in helping homeowners make their homes more energy efficient. We offer award-winning home energy assessments, contract specification and project management services."
Green awards and accreditations: Ashden Awards 2012, Sustainable Housing Award 2011, RetroExpo Award 2013
Phone: 0208 874 4633
Website: www.parityprojects.com
Email: info@parityprojects.com
Save the World Club
Unit 6 Park Works, 16 – 18 Park Road, Kingston KT2 6BG
About us: "We create bespoke mosaic murals and works of art, and run mosaic and arts workshops, activities and training. Our mission is to promote environmental action and self-empowerment through humour, art, education and entertainment. SWC aims to promote the protection and improvement of the natural environment by increasing public knowledge and understanding of human behaviour which is not harmful to the Earth. We also raise awareness through our creative environmental profile and activities."
Green awards and accreditations: Kingston Society Biennial Award for Environmental Improvements Nov 2004; Winner – Queen’ s Award for Voluntary Service 2004; Winner UK’s Best New Charity – Charity Times Magazine 2003; Mayor of London Certificate for Services to London 2003; Kingston Society Biennial Award for Townscape Improvements Dec 2002; SWC Youth representative Aaron Perry was winner of Kingston’s Young Person’s Award for Civic & Community Action 2004.
Phone: +44 (0) 20 8974 8608
Website: www.savetheworldclub.org
Email: info@savetheworldclub.org
Simon Bain Building Services
Kingston
About us: "We are highly skilled team offering building, design, restoration and decorating services throughout South West London. [Simon Bain]: I can install various eco-friendly materials into and onto houses etc. I have renovated my own houses with many eco-friendly materials, and with my experience of such materials I can advise clients and give practical help."
Green awards and accreditations:
TTK comment: "Simon took part in Green Open House weekend in 2012, and his houses are truly impressive."
Phone: 020 8546 0053 or 07887780545
Website: www.simonbain.co.uk
Email: simon@simonbain.co.uk
Simone Kay Stained Glass
2 Fairfield Corner, Hawks Road, Kingston KT1 3BX
About us: " We design and manufacture stained glass windows and also offer a service to repair, in situ if possible, broken stained glass windows. We try to make our business as green as possible by using reclaimed glass in our designs. When we replace a window we keep the old glass and design windows that incorporate old textures. We offer a service to triple-glaze stained glass, with obvious insulation benefits, the outer piece of glass having extra thermal insulation qualities. We are currently trialling LED lighting for the interior of our shop/ studio. When we are cold we put on extra clothes. We eat organically and support the local food supplier From the Ground Up."
Green awards and accreditations: Runner-up Green Guardian Award 2008
TTK comment: "Simone is also a leading member of KUTLETS [see our Useful green links] and a community activist."
Phone: 020 8287 7743
Website: www.stainedglass-artists.co.uk
Email: simone@stainedglass.freeserve.co.uk
Habitats and Heritage
Richmond and Kingston
About us: "We run projects with schools, charities, community organisations and households to help them to save energy and money and projects that encourage and educate local people and organisations to think and act sustainability."
Green awards and accreditations:
Phone: 020 8892 0590
Website: https://habitatsandheritage.org.uk/our-work/encouraging-sustainable-behaviour/energy-efficiency/
HOME - FURNITURE & FURNISHINGS
Freddie's Flowers
About us: "As all our flowers are locally sourced where possible, and we have direct relationships with all our growers, we are a sustainable flower delivery company. As we choose delivery day by postcode we are also able to cut down hugely on our carbon footprint, and by collecting and re-using boxes we keep recycling at the forefront of everything we do."
Green awards and accreditations:
TTK comment: "Not cheap, but every delivery is a lovely surprise - and cancelling the weekly order on-line works just fine."
Phone: 0207 801 6241
Website: www.freddiesflowers.com
Email: freddie@freddiesflowers.com
The Furniture Shop (Princess Alice Hospice)
27 Old London Road, Kingston KT2 6ND
About us: Free furniture collection service, as well as a large second-hand furniture shop in central Kingston.
Green awards and accreditaions:
TTK comment: "A useful way of recycling unwanted but good quality furniture, or of picking up a bargain - and it all goes to a good local cause."
Phone: Shop enquiries 020 8547 2479; furniture collection 020 8547 2710
Website:
Email:
John Lewis
Clarence Street, Kingston and national
About us: "We care about the environment. We make every effort to reduce our impact on the environment and to promote good environmental practice. … We aim to minimise the environmental impact of our buildings, by ensuring they are all built responsibly and operate sustainably. See http://www.johnlewispartnership.co.uk/csr.html - and look out for the new green target symbol on products to identify the most sustainable ones. In April 2013 John Lewis launched its "sofa reuse scheme, which sees ‘end of first life’ sofas collected by the retailer from customers’ homes, then reused and/or recycled in conjunction with local charities [locally, Kingston Community Furniture - see below] to support disadvantaged communities."
Green awards and accreditations: The Carbon Trust Standard
TTK comment: "We like the the partnership ethos, the commitment to the local community and charities and to sustainability, and notice that our local John Lewis turns off some escalators at less busy times and joined in the 2013 Big Switch Off to save energy - well done!"
Phone:
Website: http://www.johnlewispartnership.co.uk
Email:
Kingston Eco-op - Community Furniture
1 - 3, Dollary Court, Dollary Parade, Kingston Rd, Kingston KT1 3PD
About us: Recycled furniture, appliances and bikes for sale at affordable prices. "We collect unwanted quality reusable furniture for redistribution to people on low incomes. This has greatly benefited the environment as we have diverted the equivalent of more than 18 Routemaster buses from landfill. Since October 2005 we have redistributed furniture back into the local community to over a thousand households benefiting over six thousand people. We operate in most KT postal areas.
Green awards and accreditations:
TTK comment:
Phone: 020 8942 5500
Website: http://www.kingstoncommunityfurniture.org.uk
Email: info@kcfurniture.org.uk
37 Old London Road Interiors
37 Old London Road, Kingston
About us: "We offer a contemporary, eclectic collection of reworked, upcycled furnishings for stylish interiors… we combine vintage items with traditional techniques to rework forgotten furniture and create unique, modern furnishings to decorate your home."
Green awards and accreditations:
TTK comment:
Phone: 020 8541 4774
Website:
Email: mail@37oldlondonroad.co.uk
PLEASE TELL US about any other Kingston green businesses or community enterprises that should be here by using the form below - and/or update us on changes to any of the above.