Resources
Procurement guidance for local authorities in relation to procurement of specialist food waste collection vehicles, food waste collection containers and communal housings.
- Collections & recycling
- Service design
- Communicating with residents
- Contamination prevention
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Organics
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
- National government and departments
The 2024 Textiles Market Situation Report updates on the present state of the UK textiles market.
- Textiles
- Consumer behaviour
- Re-use & recycling
- Non-clothing textiles
- Kerbside collection
- HWRCs & bring sites
- Re-use
- Market situation reports
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Textiles sourcers, producers and designers
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
- Trade associations
- National government and departments
- Non-governmental organisations
An updated practical guide for local authorities on managing the quality of recyclable materials collected at the kerbside.
- Collections & recycling
- Service design
- Contamination prevention
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Dry materials
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
This guide provides local authorities with information on the collection of household food waste as a means of diverting material from landfill or other residual waste treatment. The original guide was produced in 2009 and updated in 2016. This latest update for 2024 pulls together the findings from more recent studies and pilots conducted by WRAP and others.
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Collections & recycling
- Service design
- Communicating with residents
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Organics
- Local Authorities
WRAP has developed one of the most comprehensive open-source databases mapping over 200 textiles sorters, pre-processors, recyclers, and yarn spinners (who work with recycled fibres), operating within the UK and Europe.
- Textiles
- Re-use & recycling
- Non-clothing textiles
- Collections & recycling
- Collections and sorting
- Re-use and recycling
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Textiles sourcers, producers and designers
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
- Trade associations
- National government and departments
- Non-governmental organisations
Food Waste Action Week will take place from the 18 – 24 March 2024, we will be encouraging citizens to 'Choose What You'll Use', highlighting the benefits of buying loose fruit and vegetables and inspiring people to do this wherever they can.
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Household food waste
- Behaviour change interventions
- Communicating with residents
- Retailers and brands
- Local Authorities
This Roadmap focuses on how to achieve the target of collecting 90% of glass packaging for recycling in the UK by 2030, with a focus on remelt. It recognises the importance of not only increasing the quantity of glass collected but also the quality – as this impacts the ability to remelt back into glass containers – and that the collection scheme design is pivotal for this.
- Waste management and end markets
- Collections & recycling
- Kerbside collection
- Dry materials
- Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
- National government and departments
- Non-governmental organisations
This webinar will help LAs get ready to introduce separate food waste collections.
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Measuring and reporting food waste
- Household food waste
- Collections & recycling
- Service design
- Communicating with residents
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Local Authorities
This status report summarises the proliferation of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) systems for the textiles waste stream.
- Textiles
- Fibre & fabric selection
- Re-use & recycling
- Design for extending clothing life
- Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
- Farmers and growers
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Textiles sourcers, producers and designers
Are people open to the idea of ecolabels?
This report looks at the role that eco-labelling could play in providing citizens with information on the durability, recyclability, and repairability of products, inclusive of home textiles, furniture, and electrical appliances. The research also explores people’s receptivity to using ecolabels, and ultimately, their potential for influencing the products we decide to purchase.
- Textiles
- Consumer behaviour
- Re-use & recycling
- Collections & recycling
- Re-use
- Electricals
- Re-use and recycling
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Textiles sourcers, producers and designers
- Waste management and reprocessors
- National government and departments
Restricted Residual Collections (whether a smaller bin or extended frequency in collections) are becoming increasingly common by Local Authorities, in a drive to increase and improve recycling performance, reduce residual waste arisings and focus citizen behaviour. This movement is particularly evident in Wales and Scotland, less so in England.
- Collections & recycling
- Consistency in collections
- Service design
- Communicating with residents
- Contamination prevention
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Dry materials
- Local Authorities
A summary of USA packaging Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) developments in during 2023.
- Plastic Packaging
- Eliminating problem plastics
- Plastic packaging design
- Film and flexible packaging
- Waste management and end markets
- Food and drink
- Textiles
- Collections & recycling
- Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
- Packaging producers
- National government and departments