Membership

The CRNS has three categories of membership (see below). If you have any questions regarding membership please contact the CRNS office. 

Download our Membership information leaflet (pdf, 164KB).

To help you decide whether CRNS membership is appropriate for your organisation please consider the following:

If one of the primary business activities of your organisation relates to handling or dealing with the waste and unwanted resources generated by OTHER businesses and organisations then CRNS membership IS appropriate for your organisation, subject to you meeting the eligibility criteria.

If your primary business activities are completely unrelated to waste and resource management and you are only concerned with YOUR OWN waste and resources then membership of the CRNS IS NOT appropriate for your organisation. You may wish to contact Zero Waste Scotland for advice on how to manage your resources more effectively.

Full Member

Full membership is open to organisations based in Scotland engaged in community recycling, composting, reuse or waste minimisation and which are one or a combination of the following:

    - Non profit distributing company (which may include a workers' co-op)
    - Registered Charity
    - Community Interest Company (CIC)
    - Industrial and provident society (which may include a workers' co-op)
    - Unincorporated association (with a written constitution and not for profit clause)

Download the 2010/11 Full membership form (Word document, 340 KB)

If you experience any problems with the membership form then please contact the CRNS Office.

Fledgling

Fledgling membership is open to any organisation that intends to engage in community recycling in Scotland, and which is, or plans to become, one or a combination of the legal structures listed above. Membership of this category is free for the first 12 month.

Download the 2010/11 Fledgling membership form (Word document, 340 KB)

Supporter

This is open to any organisation – including local authorities, agencies, organisations, second-tier not-for-profit networks or support organisations and companies (whether public, voluntary or private sector) – that offers support to, or works with, the type of organisation listed above, and supports the CRNS in achieving its mission..

Download the 2010/11 Supporter form (Word document, 190 KB) 

Fees

Membership of the CRNS is annual and runs from 1 April to 31 March. The fees for 2010-11 are:

    Full Member *                            £24 - £120
    Fledgling                                               £0
    Supporter (not-for-profit, charity)          £120
    Supporter (local authority, private
    company, public body)                       £180

* dependent on annual turnover