Press releases
WRAP has announced Round 2 of the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) competition to find innovative solutions to plastic waste. £475,000 will be awarded in Refill Infrastructure grants of between £50,000 - £150,000 for projects that trial new ways to implement refill infrastructure within an existing or new supply chain
Recycle Now announced today that the theme for the 17th annual Recycle Week (21-27 September 2020) will thank the nation for continuing to recycle despite the challenges that COVID-19 has presented, under the banner ‘Together – We Recycle.’
Six weeks after the publication of the EU Farm to Fork Strategy, a brand new report out today (Wednesday 1 July) outlines the additional action still needed to put the EU on track to SDG target 12.3 and halve food loss and waste by 2030.
- Collective action from farm to fork and public accountability – UK meat industry aims to become a world-leading model for sustainable production and supply.
- Trade organisations, meat processors, retailers and hospitality and food service businesses unite to improve productivity, tackle deforestation, cut emissions and reduce the £3 billion of meat wasted in the UK every year*.
Circular economy holds the key to post-COVID growth, says WRAP
- British public set to dispose of 67 million clothing items as UK comes out of lockdown.
- Two in five citizens had a clothing clear-out during lockdown and most are storing items to donate to help charities.
- WRAP details the types of textiles and clothing to help the charitable sector, recyclers and local authorities prepare for influx of donations.
WRAP is making its £1.5 million textiles grant fund more accessible and has streamlined the application process so that funds can be allocated more quickly. The deadline for applications – published as Thursday 18 June – no longer applies. Applications will now be assessed on a rolling basis until WRAP closes the scheme (or all funds are allocated).
The grants are intended to support projects that provide innovative ways for textile waste to be recycled or re-used, keeping it out of landfill or incineration so that it remains a valuable resource. The money is part of Defra’s £18m Resource Action Fund, set up to support key priority policy areas.
- Recognition for the Love Food Hate Waste campaign has doubled over the last 18 months.
- According to WRAP’s latest citizen survey, (tracking behaviours and attitudes related to wasted food), 1 in 3 people (31%) now recognise the Love Food Hate Waste logo, compared to roughly 1 in 5 (15%) in November 2018. Furthermore, those people are far more likely to adopt good food management behaviours having heard or seen Love Food Hate Waste messages.
- First round of funding announced under TWO Government surplus food redistribution grant schemes
- £1.1m funding awarded by the COVID-19 Emergency Surplus Food Grant to 89 not-for-profit organisations in England; and
- £3.2m awarded under the Resource Action Fund Food Waste Prevention Grants to small- and large- scale redistribution projects in England.
WRAP is pleased to announce that four schemes have won grants totalling nearly £1m as part of a UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) competition to find innovative solutions to plastic waste. The winning entrants to the UK Circular Plastics Flagship Projects competition demonstrated creative business ideas to reduce the environmental impacts of plastic and improve plastics recycling.