Resources
This study summarises research undertaken to estimate the potential to achieve a municipal recycling rate of 65%.
- Collections & recycling
- Service design
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Local Authorities
- National government and departments
Citizen behaviours, attitudes and awareness around food waste.
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Courtauld Commitment
- Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
- Guardians of Grub
- Food date labelling
- Household food waste
- UN SDG 12.3
- Farmers and growers
- Hospitality and food service
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Local Authorities
- Trade associations
This programme of research addresses the lack of quality data on household and municipal waste collected by local authorities in the UK. It looks at the quantity of different materials in mixed residual waste in order to broaden the data available, and to support policy development. Five outputs have been derived from this research, outlined below.
- Collections & recycling
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Commercial waste
- Dry materials
- Organics
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
The UK Plastics Pact is leading a global wave of change in the way we make, use, reuse and dispose of plastic. The UK's model is being replicated in other countries to form a powerful global movement as part of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's New Plastics Economy initiative. Since April 2018 the Pact has made meaningful progress working towards the four ambitious targets.
- Plastic Packaging
- Eliminating problem plastics
- The UK Plastics Pact
- Plastic packaging design
- Global Plastics Pacts
- Reuse and refill
- Film and flexible packaging
- Waste management and end markets
- Hospitality and food service
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
- Packaging producers
- Trade associations
- National government and departments
- Non-governmental organisations
WRAP has launched a series of market situation reports providing in-depth information on the latest economic trends and developments facing the UK’s recycling industry. Each report focuses on a different material stream and is presented in a compact, easily digestible format.
- Material Recovery Facilities
- Dry materials
- Organics
- Recovered materials markets
- Market situation reports
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
WRAP’s Gate Fees reports summarise the fees charged for a range of waste treatment, recovery and disposal options. It aims to assist local authorities in making better informed decisions about waste management options and to benchmark what they might be expected to pay.
- Collections & recycling
- Commercial waste
- Recovered materials markets
- Gate fees
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
This report has been produced to support Defra in its understanding of the current levels of on-the-go (OTG) single use drinks containers that are placed on the market (POM), consumed, recycled or disposed of in the UK. Specifically, metal drinks cans, plastic and glass drinks bottles, drinks cartons and drinks pouches were researched. Defra requires estimates that are as accurate as possible for its packaging policy
work, therefore every effort has been made to provide error margins and robust assessments wherever possible.
- Collections & recycling
- Dry materials
- Litter/Fly-tipping
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
This report details compositional analysis of plastics received and produced by UK Material Recovery Facilities and Plastic Recovery Facilities.
- Plastic Packaging
- The UK Plastics Pact
- Collections & recycling
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Material Recovery Facilities
- Dry materials
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
- Plastic Packaging
- Food and drink
- Measuring and reporting food waste
- Surplus food redistribution
- Hospitality and food service
- Retailers and brands
- Local Authorities
This study aims to examine the potential factors that may affect high reject rates at Materials Recovery Facilities (MRF), in order to help suggest areas to focus interventions on and also improve data quality.
- Collections & recycling
- Contamination prevention
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Material Recovery Facilities
- Dry materials
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
The circular economy as a route to opportunity
- Waste management and end markets
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Textiles sourcers, producers and designers
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
- Packaging producers
A summary of pilot projects looking at the local business case for adopting common service profiles consistent with the Framework for greater consistency in household recycling in England.
- Collections & recycling
- Consistency in collections
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Dry materials
- Local Authorities