Resources
‘Circularity’ is becoming a buzzword in the fashion industry. But what does this actually mean for fashion & textile businesses?
How does circularity fit into wider conversations on sustainable and responsible business, and on reducing the textiles industry’s impact on the environment?
- Textiles
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Textiles sourcers, producers and designers
- Waste management and reprocessors
In the first six months of its existence, Textiles 2030 has recruited over 92 signatories and affiliates, spanning brands, retailers, re-use and recycling organisations from across the fashion and textiles sector. Textiles 2030 signatories already represent 62% of all clothing put on the market in the UK.
- Textiles
- Fibre & fabric selection
- Re-use & recycling
- Non-clothing textiles
- Design for extending clothing life
- Textiles 2030
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Textiles sourcers, producers and designers
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Trade associations
The 2021 Plastics Market situation report provides in-depth information on the latest economic, market and regulatory trends affecting the capture and recycling of plastics. It explores key developments over the past few years and highlights the challenges and opportunities for the decade ahead.
- Plastic Packaging
- The UK Plastics Pact
- Waste management and end markets
- Collections & recycling
- Material Recovery Facilities
- Recovered materials markets
- Market situation reports
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
- Packaging producers
- Trade associations
- National government and departments
Total UK food & drink consumption footprint and pathway to a 50% reduction by 2030.
New research shows:
- How food system greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have changed from 2015 to 2019.
- Where GHG emissions ‘hotspots’ remain in the UK food system (including in supply chains overseas).
- Priority areas for action in the short term to help achieve the targeted reduction by 2030.
- Food and drink
- Courtauld Commitment
- Reducing greenhouse gas emissions
- Farmers and growers
- Hospitality and food service
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- National government and departments
- Non-governmental organisations
WRAP asked Local Authority Officers about training and resource requirements to meet the many challenges proposed in the Government’s Resources and Waste Strategy. This webinar covers what Officers told us in the survey and provides an insight into WRAP’s Local Authority Support team’s project plans for the forthcoming year and the wealth of support that LAs can tap into.
- Collections & recycling
- Service design
- Collections and sorting
- Local Authorities
National agreement from the recycling industry on what can and cannot be collected for recycling from householders and how those materials should be presented for collection.
- Collections & recycling
- Consistency in collections
- Contamination prevention
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Recycling in urban areas
- Re-use and recycling
- Local Authorities
Highlighting progress made in the third year of the Food Waste Reduction Roadmap:
- 251,000 tonnes of food worth £365 million saved from waste.
- 670,000 tonnes of GHG emissions potentially avoided.
- 145 million meals redistributed.
- Major opportunities for greater impact remain – industry action focused on Hospitality and Food Service sector and whole chain collaboration.
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Measuring and reporting food waste
- Surplus food redistribution
- Courtauld Commitment
- Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
- Guardians of Grub
- Guardians of Grub Becoming a Champion
- Meat, poultry and fish
- Fresh produce sector
- Dairy sector
- Bakery sector
- Ambient foods sector
- Convenience, chilled foods and frozen
- Whole chain resource efficiency
- Household food waste
- UN SDG 12.3
- Farmers and growers
- Hospitality and food service
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Trade associations
“simple low cost changes can have a big impact”
- Food and drink
- Measuring and reporting food waste
- Courtauld Commitment
- Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
- Fresh produce sector
- Whole chain resource efficiency
- UN SDG 12.3
- Farmers and growers
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
'Waste is a problem throughout the whole food supply chain. That's why Waitrose are engaging with our suppliers to reduce food waste in the supply chain.'
- Food and drink
- Measuring and reporting food waste
- Surplus food redistribution
- Courtauld Commitment
- Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
- Fresh produce sector
- Whole chain resource efficiency
- UN SDG 12.3
- Farmers and growers
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
Food waste is an end-to-end challenge that requires end-to-end solutions. WRAP and IGD are inviting businesses to participate in whole chain food waste reduction plans (WCPs) – working together across the supply chain to take joint actions that reduce farm to fork food waste.
- Food and drink
- Measuring and reporting food waste
- Courtauld Commitment
- Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
- Whole chain resource efficiency
- UN SDG 12.3
- Farmers and growers
- Hospitality and food service
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
This review examines current information, both WRAP published work and externally published work, to provide an evidence base around the effectiveness of on-pack recycling information to encourage citizen recycling behaviours. It also contains short recommendations on how on-pack recycling information may be improved based on the information found in the existing literature.
- Collections & recycling
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Dry materials
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
- Packaging producers
WRAP was commissioned by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency to carry out a pre-pilot feasibility study and trial a range of ‘green nudges’ aimed to positively change individual-level citizen behaviours around single-use plastic at coffee shops in Sweden.
- Plastic Packaging
- Eliminating problem plastics
- Reuse and refill
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Packaging producers