Resources
This case study demonstrates how Cambridge City Council, along with Huntingdonshire District Council and Fenland District Council, as two other district partners from Recycle for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough (RECAP), were able to formalise the acceptance of PTTs (Pots, Tubs and Trays) collected at the kerbside for material recycling facility (MRF) processing.
- Plastic Packaging
- The UK Plastics Pact
- Collections & recycling
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
The WRAP commercial and household waste/recycling ‘apportionment tool’ assists local authorities to calculate the proportion of waste and recycling when it is co-collected on the same vehicle.
- Collections & recycling
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Commercial waste
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
This case study describes how the Dorset Waste Partnership (DWP) has successfully introduced the collection of PTTs at the kerbside, as part of a strategic review of its recycling and waste services.
- Plastic Packaging
- The UK Plastics Pact
- Collections & recycling
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Dry materials
- Waste management and reprocessors
This report provides extensive details about household food and drink waste including detailed reasons about why it is thrown away, the size of individual instances of waste and the proportion of food left in packaging.
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Waste management and reprocessors
The Business Recycling and Waste Services Commitment was set-up to help you improve your business customers' satisfaction with how their rubbish and recycling is collected and ultimately boost recycling rates.
- Collections & recycling
- Collections and sorting
- Commercial waste
- Hospitality and food service
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
This short research note provides updated (2015) estimates for food surplus and waste in wholesale grocery sector, including cash and carry, and specialist wholesale markets.
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Measuring and reporting food waste
- Courtauld Commitment
- Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
- UN SDG 12.3
- Farmers and growers
- Hospitality and food service
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Trade associations
Bringing together local authorities, the waste management industry and retailers to increase the quantity and quality of material collected for recycling.
- Collections & recycling
- Consistency in collections
- Local Authorities
This guide informs anyone funding or running HWRC sites of the options and opportunities available when introducing or improving re-use services. See download for the 2016 review of HWRC re-use shops.
- Re-use and recycling
- Local Authorities
- Non-governmental organisations
These guides take the reader through communicating re-use and the process step-by-step to support the delivery of effective communications.
- Consumer behaviour
- Re-use and recycling
- Local Authorities
- Non-governmental organisations
This guide provides an overview of the steps required to procure a good practice bulky waste service that maximises re-use.
- Re-use and recycling
- Local Authorities
- Non-governmental organisations
- Re-use and recycling
- Local Authorities
- Non-governmental organisations
This guide will help you to identify what can be achieved, engage with stakeholders, set up frames of reference and an action plan. It includes examples and case studies of re-use from across the UK and a handy 'lessons' learnt' section.
- Re-use and recycling
- Local Authorities
- Non-governmental organisations