Press releases
- 10,000 Welsh homes were powered by food waste in 2021-22, but many more could feel the benefit of greener energy from food waste.
- 100,000 tonnes of food waste was thrown away that could have powered 7,500 homes for a year.
- Be Mighty campaign challenges people to put their food waste in the kitchen caddy and not the bin to generate more green energy for Welsh homes.
The second Amazon Sustainability Accelerator launches today, inviting early stage, sustainability-focused start-ups to apply for the programme. Launched by Amazon, EIT Climate-KIC, Europe’s leading climate innovation hub, and climate action NGO WRAP, the Accelerator is open to start-ups who are creating more sustainable consumer products and, for the first time, those developing technology that can help the industry recycle products more effectively and efficiently.
- Arla Foods and Tesco announced as latest sponsors
- Partner toolkit and campaign assets now available to download
Influential Guardians of Grub Ambassadors, from across the UK Hospitality and Food Service sector, convened in London for a special roundtable summit organised by climate action NGO WRAP and hosted by BM Caterers. The meeting, held on Monday 23 January, agreed a set of actions to help the sector reduce its 1.1 million tonne food waste footprint.
The World Economic Forum’s Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP), the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Plastics Initiative and international climate action NGO WRAP – organisations leading work reducing the impacts of plastics – have joined forces to drive forward global action on plastics through greater knowledge exchange.
The Environment Secretary Thérèse Coffey has spoken about the ban on a range of single use plastic items including plastic plates, trays, bowls and cutlery.
Climate action NGO WRAP today announces the appointment of Harriet Lamb as its new CEO.
How reducing food waste and recycling can gift the planet a brighter New Year
- Christmas can be pricey at the best of times, and this year budgets are likely to be tighter so Love Food Hate Waste is sharing festive food waste prevention tips that can help save people money by making your Yuletide food go further.
- Delicious new meals can be easily made from Christmas leftovers – Last Christmas the UK’s most searched for recipe was Boxing Day bubble and squeak.
- Recycle Now tackles the most common Christmas recycling niggles to rid your home of packaging and wrapping responsibly.
We will not tackle the climate crisis without changing our consumption systems
Climate action NGO WRAP today publishes annual updates of its voluntary agreements for the food, plastics and textiles sectors. The publication comes with a stark warning that while the UK is making some progress in tackling key environmental issues, a lot more collaboration and action is needed from businesses to achieve the level of change required, and to keep climate goals within reach.
Sebastian Munden, former Executive Vice President and General Manager for Unilever UK & Ireland has joined WRAP as its new Chair to help drive forward action against critical climate milestones.