Resources
Guidance for farmers, growers, advisers and agricultural contractors on how to maximise the benefits of using digestate and compost as renewable fertilisers.
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Organics
- Re-use and recycling
- Farmers and growers
The Publicly Available Specification 111 (BSI PAS 111:2012) for processing wood waste was commissioned by WRAP in collaboration with the British Standards Institution (BSI) and extensive consultation with the wood recycling industry.
- Collections & recycling
- Dry materials
- Manufacturers
A review of the current status of the household plastic film packaging recycling supply chain, incorporating collection options and emerging markets.
- Plastic Packaging
- The UK Plastics Pact
- Film and flexible packaging
- Waste management and end markets
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
- Packaging producers
WRAP, in collaboration with Valpak Consulting Ltd, has published three market oriented reports which each focus on particular aspects of plastic packaging recycling in the UK.
- Plastic Packaging
- The UK Plastics Pact
- Collections & recycling
- Dry materials
- Waste management and reprocessors
A study into the plastic packaging composition arriving at MRFs from established mixed plastics collections.
- Waste management and end markets
- Collections & recycling
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Material Recovery Facilities
- Dry materials
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
This project provides wood reprocessors with the tools needed to enable them to easily identify contaminated wood.
- Collections & recycling
- Dry materials
- Manufacturers
An increasing number of local authorities are adding non-bottle rigid plastic packaging, comprising pots, tubs and trays, to existing kerbside recycling schemes. We have produced a guide which sets out key considerations, benefits and options of taking this approach.
- Plastic Packaging
- The UK Plastics Pact
- Collections & recycling
- Dry materials
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
In this project, WRAP investigated the scope to increase the proportion of recycled fibre used by magazine publishing to ensure long-term end markets for recovered fibre. Increased demand and use of recycled content paper will increase the diversion of paper from landfill, and improve the likelihood of investment in new recycled content paper capacity.
- Collections & recycling
- Dry materials
- Manufacturers
A case study detailing how the Bywaters plant in East London optimises output quality using different line speeds and equipment settings depending on the mix of the feedstock material.
- Collections & recycling
- Collections and sorting
- Material Recovery Facilities
- Waste management and reprocessors
A case study detailing the success Reading’s Material Recycling Facility (MRF) is having with its automatically sorted plastics.
- Plastic Packaging
- The UK Plastics Pact
- Collections & recycling
- Collections and sorting
- Material Recovery Facilities
- Dry materials
- Manufacturers
A case study detailing the halving of material entering the residual waste stream at Milton Keynes Materials Recovery Facility (MRF).
- Collections & recycling
- Collections and sorting
- Material Recovery Facilities
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
A case study detailing Re-Gen’s decision to adopt an environmental management system (ISO 14001) to help win customers and streamline operations.
- Collections & recycling
- Collections and sorting
- Material Recovery Facilities
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities