Upcoming webinars for local authorities

Free, insightful webinars for local authorities to aid collections and communications

 

WRAP’s webinars for local authorities cover a range of topics and best practice relevant to local government. Register for upcoming events below.
 

Recycling Tracker, Spring 2024 insights 

The latest Recycling Tracker results from Spring 2024 will be published during Recycle Week 2024. The annual survey has been running since 2004, and tracks the knowledge, attitudes, and claimed recycling behaviours of people from across the UK. 

These webinars will provide the opportunity to delve deeper into the report findings for England and for Northern Ireland. It will highlight the key learning opportunities from the research, look at how WRAP and its campaign partners might use this evidence to develop technical and communications support, and how you can apply the insights to effect positive behaviour change in your waste and recycling service.

5 November 2024 @ 10am England Insights 

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7 November 2024 @ 10am Northern Ireland Insights 

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Flexible Plastic Fund (FPF) FlexCollect Project 

13 November 2024 @ 10am

With the completion of the Flexible Plastic Fund (FPF) FlexCollect Project scheduled for spring 2025, join us to learn how the local authority collection pilots are performing and how the expansions from 75,000 to 145,000 households are going.

Whilst the final reports and analysis will not be available until later in summer 2025, the webinar provides the opportunity to refresh on the learnings so far and next steps helping you in your preparations for national collections of plastic bags and wrapping in 2027.

The project is being managed by a consortium comprising the project co-funders, Ecosurety, SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK, RECOUP and WRAP. 

Speakers include:

  1. Gareth Morton – Ecosurety 
  2. Oliver Morrall – Suez Recycling & Recovery 
  3. Adam Herriott – WRAP
  4. Steve Morgan - Recoup
  5. Rebecca Wilson – Newcastle City Council.

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Food Action Week 2025 

19 November 2024 @ 2pm

Find out all you need to know about how you can get involved with Food Waste Action Week taking place from the 17th- 23rd March. This year we will continue our focus on the benefits of buying loose fruits and vegetables, as we know this can reduce food waste by up to 60,000 tonnes per year – the equivalent of 8.2 million shopping baskets!

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Household Food Waste Collections – Question Time

26 November 2024 @ 2pm

For local authorities planning food waste collections, or those looking to improve capture, please join our panel of specialists to discuss all things related to household food waste collections.

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