Resources

WRAP worked with nine small and medium size (SME) businesses in the Swansea and the Gower Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty to identify ways of saving money by improving their environmental performance. The work highlighted how, by working together, small businesses can deliver substantial savings.

This report provides an assessment of how food waste levels have changed historically in the UK, and the potential impact of a range of ‘exogenous’ factors and interventions on food waste levels in the future.

Food waste is a constant challenge for commercial kitchens, which creativity in the kitchen can really help to tackle. Watch our chef masterclasses to get practical tips and ideas on how to get the most from ingredients, waste less and save money.  

September 2014

The distribution centre at Didcot is Asda’s first purpose-built depot and was constructed using eco-friendly timber and reclaimed brick from a former brown-field site.  Built in 2009, the 42,000m² ambient goods depot serves 33 stores across the south of England. Asda has a target to reduce its carbon footprint and the company is also championing reductions in water consumption at the depot.

Findings from a farm-to-fork assessment with Co-operative Food & Farms, plus wider WRAP research.

This tool highlights the potential scale of opportunities for resource efficiency in fresh produce supply chains.

The Millennium Stadium is aiming to continually improve the sustainability of its operations, and this includes identifying ways to reduce and recycle waste.

The Co-operative Food has undertaken a series of initiatives to give their stores and customers increased product life in order to combat waste.

WRAP, INCPEN, The Packaging Federation, the Food and Drink Federation, Kent Waste Partnership and the British Retail Consortium carried out independent research into consumers’ attitudes, behaviours and motivations around food waste and food packaging, to better understand how to help reduce the amount of food thrown away.

The Extending Clothing Life Protocol is a set of guides and principles to aid clothes designers and manufacturers in creating longer lasting clothing.

This report contains analysis of the impact of the carrier-bag charge introduced in Wales in 2011 on the sales of bin bags. It quantifies the increase in sales and compares this increase to the reduction in carrier-bag use that accompanied the introduction of the charge. There is also information on trends in sales of bags for life during this period.

This report is a quantification of the true cost of food waste in the UK’s Hospitality and Food Service industry.

More recent headline figures for food waste in the sector have been published in the Courtauld Commitment 2025 Milestone Progress Report.