Resources
Proposed amendments to current UK extended producer responsibility (EPR) obligations would broaden the scope of EPR to include litter clean-up in its obligations on cost coverage.
- Collections & recycling
- Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
- Litter/Fly-tipping
- Local Authorities
In 2020 WRAP carried out an options appraisal on behalf of a medium sized Waste Collection Authority in the midlands to compare the cost and performance of a range of collection scenarios in preparation for necessary changes to its household waste collection service.
- Collections & recycling
- Consistency in collections
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Local Authorities
During July and August 2019 WRAP, and communications agency Cutting Edge Marketing, provided the Council with advice and support to help develop clear communications and messaging that would enable them to engage effectively with their householders on the introduction of the new recycling services.
- Collections & recycling
- Consistency in collections
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Local Authorities
Hart District Council and Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council are neighbouring local authorities in Hampshire. WRAP was asked to provide support to help each authority design and produce new communications materials and provide tailored advice on developing and delivering targeted communication campaigns.
- Collections & recycling
- Consistency in collections
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Local Authorities
A step-by-step guide to enable hospital caterers to reduce food and associated packaging waste and to recycle more. Produced by WRAP, and developed with the Hospital Caterers Association (HCA).
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Measuring and reporting food waste
- Guardians of Grub
- Hospitality and food service
- Local Authorities
A report to the Defra Packaging Collections Recycling Working Group on the implementation of plastic film/flexibles recycling within consistency policy.
- The UK Plastics Pact
- Film and flexible packaging
- Waste management and end markets
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
- National government and departments
Textiles take-back schemes, where customers donate unwanted clothing to retailers to be re-used or recycled, are a key part of developing a more circular fashion industry.
- Textiles
- Consumer behaviour
- Re-use & recycling
- Non-clothing textiles
- SCAP 2020
- Textiles 2030
- Collections & recycling
- Re-use
- Consumer behaviour
- Re-use and recycling
- Retailers and brands
- Textiles sourcers, producers and designers
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
The Carbon Waste and Resources Metric (Carbon WARM) is a set of conversion factors to enable users to express waste management tonnage data in terms of their Greenhouse Gas emissions relative to landfill.
- Reducing greenhouse gas emissions
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
- National government and departments
- Non-governmental organisations
A world where resources are used sustainably. This is our vision. And this plan tells you what we will do to get there.
- Plastic Packaging
- Food and drink
- Reducing greenhouse gas emissions
- UN SDG 12.3
- Textiles
- Collections & recycling
- UN SDG 12.5
- Farmers and growers
- Hospitality and food service
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Textiles sourcers, producers and designers
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
- Packaging producers
- Trade associations
- National government and departments
- Non-governmental organisations
This literature review has been undertaken to assess the evidence base to support the anecdotal evidence that food waste collections promote food waste prevention behaviour.
- Collections & recycling
- Organics
- Local Authorities
This initiative was led by Resource London - the partnership between WRAP and London Waste & Recycling Board - together with Groundwork London. The organisations won a bid to the LIFE programme of the European Commission to deliver the €3.2million initiative in London, which acted as a test bed for other European cities.
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Household food waste
- Behaviour change interventions
- TRIFOCAL
- UN SDG 12.3
- Consumer behaviour
- Hospitality and food service
- Local Authorities
- National government and departments
Expertise from the re-use and recycling sector is key in informing product design and end of life. Our Re-use and retailers signatory pack is a quick step tour of what Re-use and recycling organisations can expect as signatories of Textiles 2030, covering reasons to get involved, our ambitions and targets, as well as how to participate and what this entails.
- Textiles
- Re-use & recycling
- Non-clothing textiles
- Textiles 2030
- Collections & recycling
- Re-use
- Re-use and recycling
- Textiles sourcers, producers and designers
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities