Resources
This situational analysis section looks at how to develop a situational analysis using the information you gathered in section 1. A situational analysis takes a snapshot view of your organisation or situation and where things stand at a particular point in time.
- Consumer behaviour
- Local Authorities
This section takes you through the stages of developing your communications brand and its identity, the tone of voice for your communications and explains how to link to the national Recycle Now campaign brand to get the most out of it.
- Collections & recycling
- Service design
- Communicating with residents
- Local Authorities
This planning your activities section looks at the process of putting your ideas into a coherent implementation plan and provides you with a mechanism to ensure that all activities are completed on time and within budget.
- Consumer behaviour
- Local Authorities
Workers carrying out collections of glass for recycling can be exposed to high levels of noise. This report provides information to employers and client authorities on the noise levels experienced by waste collection operatives on a variety of collection systems.
- Collections and sorting
- Local Authorities
This tool enables you to estimate the environmental and economic impacts of re-using selected products in the UK.
- Textiles
- Re-use & recycling
- Collections & recycling
- Re-use
- Electricals
- Re-use and recycling
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Textiles sourcers, producers and designers
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
This case study describes the benefits of re-use for domestic furniture products.
- Collections & recycling
- Re-use
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
Two case studies focussing on ‘transforming’ perceptions about recycling electricals in Kent and Leicestershire.
- Collections & recycling
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Re-use
- Electricals
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
A project to explore the effectiveness of mixed food and garden waste kerbside collection schemes in diverting food waste for recycling.
- Collections & recycling
- Service design
- Communicating with residents
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Local Authorities
This report provides bulk density data for commonly collected material streams, taking into account container types and how the materials are collected (vehicle types). It provides data that will be useful in planning and managing collection and handling systems for recyclable materials.
- Collections & recycling
- Service design
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Material Recovery Facilities
- Dry materials
- Recovered materials markets
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
Between 2007 and 2009 WRAP provided funding and technical support to 21 local authorities to carry out trials of separate food waste collections. This report evaluates the performance of the trials and draws out key practical lessons for local authorities for the collection of food waste from householders.
- Collections & recycling
- Service design
- Contamination prevention
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Organics
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
This guide is intended to help authorities decide whether alternate weekly collection (AWC) is right for them and to draw together, from the experience of other authorities, advice on how to design and implement a scheme which is effective, and which gains and retains the support of local people.
- Collections & recycling
- Consistency in collections
- Service design
- Communicating with residents
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Local Authorities