Resources
WRAP is dedicated to exploring a variety of avenues to reduce household food waste. Previous research undertaken by WRAP revealed a significant connection between separate household food waste collection services and reduced levels of food waste arising. This qualitative research explores the behaviours and relationships that people have with food waste recycling in the home to better understand how it can be a way of helping people to waste less.
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Behaviour change interventions
- Collections & recycling
- Service design
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Organics
- Local Authorities
Step-by-step guidance on how to gather and evaluate data and to subsequently develop a five case model business case for service changes that include the introduction of weekly food waste collections from households.
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Collections & recycling
- Service design
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Organics
- Local Authorities
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
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
The Recycling Tracker is an annual survey of UK households that gathers evidence on recycling attitudes, knowledge, and behaviour. It is the largest and longest running of its kind, having been undertaken by WRAP since 2004.
The survey uses boost sampling in Northern Ireland to provide a robust, enhanced sample of Northern Irish citizens. Fieldwork was undertaken online, from 20 - 30 March 2023. A total of 5,343 interviews were undertaken UK-wide with adults who have responsibility for dealing with the rubbish and recycling in the home. This included a sample of 563 adults in Northern Ireland. The sample matches the known profile of the Northern Ireland population, with quotas set on age, gender, region and social grade.
- Collections & recycling
- Consistency in collections
- Service design
- Communicating with residents
- Contamination prevention
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Recycling in urban areas
- Dry materials
- Organics
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
- Packaging producers
- National government and departments
The Recycling Tracker is an annual survey of UK households that gathers evidence on recycling attitudes, knowledge, and behaviour. It is the largest and longest running of its kind, having been undertaken by WRAP since 2004.
Fieldwork was undertaken online from 20 - 30 March 2023. A total of 5,343 interviews were undertaken with UK adults who have responsibility for dealing with the rubbish and recycling in the home. The sample matches the known profile of the population, with quotas set on age, gender, region, social class, and ethnicity.
- Collections & recycling
- Consistency in collections
- Service design
- Communicating with residents
- Contamination prevention
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Recycling in urban areas
- Dry materials
- Organics
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
- Packaging producers
- National government and departments
The scale of plastic pollution from composts and digestates, its potential impact and opportunities for its mitigation are largely unquantified. This project has explored some of these questions to develop an understanding of the knowledge base and data gaps.
- Collections & recycling
- Organics
- Recovered materials markets
- Farmers and growers
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
- National government and departments
WRAP and Recycle Now's recycling tracker provides insights into UK citizen’s attitudes towards recycling as well as a greater understanding of their recycling related behaviours. It is an annual survey of UK citizens that gathers evidence on recycling attitudes, knowledge, and behaviour. It is the largest and longest running of its kind, having been undertaken by WRAP since 2004.
- Collections & recycling
- Service design
- Communicating with residents
- Contamination prevention
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Dry materials
- Organics
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
- National government and departments
- Non-governmental organisations
This webinar aims to help LAs get ready to introduce separate food waste collections.
It covers the resources WRAP has available to help LAs assess their options when introducing food waste collections, plan for service changes, how to implement and support communications guidance and assets.
- Household food waste
- Collections & recycling
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Organics
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
WRAP and Recycle Now's recycling tracker provides insights into UK citizen’s attitudes towards recycling as well as a greater understanding of their recycling related behaviours. It is an annual survey of UK citizens that gathers evidence on recycling attitudes, knowledge, and behaviour. It is the largest and longest running of its kind, having been undertaken by WRAP since 2004.
- Collections & recycling
- Consistency in collections
- Communicating with residents
- Contamination prevention
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Recycling in urban areas
- Dry materials
- Organics
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
- National government and departments
The Environment Act 2021 is ushering in a raft of new policies that will see local authorities across England make significant changes to the way they collect household waste.
Requirements such as the separate collection of food waste will mean that new services will be introduced, whilst the proposed ‘minimum service standards’ for the collection of household waste will entail changes to many existing services.
- Collections & recycling
- Service design
- Contamination prevention
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Dry materials
- Organics
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
- National government and departments
This webinar introduces the new Love Food Hate Waste Toolkit, launched at the LARAC conference, and runs through the assets available to use, how and when to get the best out of them and provides an insight into the research behind their development.
The webinar is also a reminder of the dates for Food Waste Action Week 2023 and gives a few early pointers into the planning for the week of action – get it in your calendar and start planning your local events now.
With energy bills rising, help your residents save money by reducing food waste whilst having a positive impact on the environment.
- Collections & recycling
- Communicating with residents
- Organics
- Local Authorities