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This report presents key highlights from the recycling section of the 2015 3Rs tracking survey that have implications for recycling practices and communications.

The Materials Facility (MRF) Reporting Portal is an online tool which allows users to interrogate the data around material quality supplied by MRFs. This comes under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (Schedule 9A - the ‘MF Regs’).

This project was initiated with the support of WRAP's Packaging Innovation Research program to develop innovative packaging that could reduce household packaging waste originating from the retail sector.

A suite of communications materials aimed at increasing re-use of textiles and bulky waste is now available following pilots with six local authority and third sector partnerships.

Engaging a culturally diverse community when implementing a new recycling service.

A report identifying business opportunities for developing new plastics recycling capacity in Scotland (based on detailed evidence on plastics arisings and existing capacity) and assessing the viability of each opportunity.

This report details the opportunities in end-markets for recovered recycled plastics and is of particular interest to those re-selling recycled plastics or producing products or packaging with virgin plastics. 

This guidance on bring site recycling has been designed to help local authorities improve the performance of bring recycling sites and ensure they are a valuable element of the overall recycling service local authorities offer to residents.

This guidance was produced as part of the Household Waste Collection Commitment to support signatories in delivering better recycling services for residents.

WRAP has been gathering evidence on householders’ attitudes, knowledge and behaviour in relation to recycling in England since 2004, and separately for Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales since 2011. The purpose of the Recycling Tracker, a large scale annual survey across the UK, is to continue to gather high-quality evidence on consumers’ current attitudes, awareness and reported behaviour in relation to recycling in order to inform policy and practice.

Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP) is a two tier partnership, established in 2007 to manage waste services on behalf of its six partners. The SWP combines waste service functions under a single joint committee of Councillors and is responsible for the management of kerbside collections, recycling centres and disposal sites, awarding a single county-wide collection contract.

A review of the quantity of paper and card packaging being placed on the market (POM) and recycled in 2014. The project also projected future POM figures and recycling rates to 2020.