WRAP supports the eleven councils in Northern Ireland by providing technical support and free-to-use resources, to help make waste and recycling service the best they can be.
Our team are experienced in all aspects of waste and recycling service design and delivery and by working closely with DAERA are well placed to help councils deliver efficient services that are clearly communicated to citizens, as well as helping them prepare for any future policy changes.
What support is available?
One-to-one support
We work on a one-to-one basis with individual councils to provide good practice guidance and support on topics such as:
- Scheme performance and benchmarking against comparator authorities
- Collection options modelling and appraising future service profiles
- Review of Household Recycling Centre performance and identifying opportunities for improvements
- Procurement of collection, sorting or treatment contracts
- Operational support with service design, implementation and evaluation
- Communications to support service change or improve quality or capture of target materials.
Technical guidance, resources and assets
The councils in Northern Ireland have access to WRAP’s wider resources in support of good practice service design and delivery, including technical guidance, editable communication assets, webinars and workshops.
Communications support
WRAP facilitates the National Communications Advisory Panel (NCAP) in Northern Ireland bringing together council officers to share information and best practice and input to the strategic development of communications campaigns and assets.
We also coordinate Northern Ireland actions for European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) in November each year, promoting the campaign and providing administrative support to partners to register their activities.
