Resources
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
WRAP works with governments, businesses and citizens to create a world in which resources are used sustainably. Read our April 2020-21 annual review to learn more about our mission to accelerate the move to a sustainable, resource-efficient economy.
- Plastic Packaging
- Eliminating problem plastics
- The UK Plastics Pact
- Plastic packaging design
- Global Plastics Pacts
- Reuse and refill
- Film and flexible packaging
- Waste management and end markets
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Measuring and reporting food waste
- Surplus food redistribution
- Water stewardship
- Courtauld Commitment
- Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
- Guardians of Grub
- Guardians of Grub Becoming a Champion
- Reducing greenhouse gas emissions
- Food date labelling
- Meat, poultry and fish
- Fresh produce sector
- Dairy sector
- Bakery sector
- Ambient foods sector
- Convenience, chilled foods and frozen
- Funding
- Whole chain resource efficiency
- Household food waste
- Behaviour change interventions
- TRIFOCAL
- Refresh
- UN SDG 12.3
- Textiles
- Fibre & fabric selection
- Consumer behaviour
- Re-use & recycling
- Non-clothing textiles
- Design for extending clothing life
- SCAP 2020
- Textiles 2030
- ECAP
- Collections & recycling
- Consistency in collections
- Service design
- Communicating with residents
- Contamination prevention
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Recycling in urban areas
- HWRCs & bring sites
- Commercial waste
- Material Recovery Facilities
- Re-use
- Dry materials
- Organics
- Recovered materials markets
- Market situation reports
- Market snapshots
- Gate fees
- UN SDG 12.5
- Electricals
- Product durability
- Minimising product returns
- Consumer behaviour
- Re-use and recycling
- Circular Economy Fund
- Public Sector Procurement Support
- Farmers and growers
- Hospitality and food service
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Textiles sourcers, producers and designers
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
- Packaging producers
- Trade associations
- National government and departments
- Non-governmental organisations
In June 2020, 40 key stakeholders from across the UK meat production and supply chain came together, facilitated by WRAP's Courtauld Commitment, to pledge to make the UK meat industry one of the most efficient and sustainable in the world. This summary highlights the areas of significant progress made and the areas that require greater focus.
- 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
- Reducing greenhouse gas emissions
- Food date labelling
- Meat, poultry and fish
- Whole chain resource efficiency
- UN SDG 12.3
- UN SDG 12.5
- Consumer behaviour
- Farmers and growers
- Hospitality and food service
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Trade associations
- National government and departments
- Non-governmental organisations
Governments across the UK have identified that if we are going to reduce our environmental impacts, we need to address the amount of resources we use.
- Consumer behaviour
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
- Packaging producers
- Trade associations
- National government and departments
This webinar reviews the existing evidence and new qualitative research on why people contaminate and what are the implications for intervention development and local authority communications.
- Collections & recycling
- Consistency in collections
- Communicating with residents
- Contamination prevention
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Consumer behaviour
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
Our plan for achieving Net Zero.
This report unveils new insights on how resource efficiency and resource sufficiency can cut greenhouse gas emissions. Developed in collaboration with CREDS researchers at the University of Leeds, it offers a clear, practical roadmap which delivers quick wins.
- Plastic Packaging
- Waste management and end markets
- Food and drink
- Reducing greenhouse gas emissions
- Whole chain resource efficiency
- Household food waste
- Textiles
- Consumer behaviour
- Re-use & recycling
- Non-clothing textiles
- Design for extending clothing life
- Re-use
- Recovered materials markets
- Product durability
- Minimising product returns
- National government and departments
- Non-governmental organisations
The Covid-19 pandemic is having a profound effect on citizens’ daily lives, including wide-reaching impacts on food behaviours. WRAP undertook a comprehensive series of four UK-wide surveys – in April, May, September and November 2020 – to understand how it has affected citizens’ food habits, behaviours and attitudes. Each of the surveys were undertaken online with large (4,000+) independent samples of UK adults with responsibility for food shopping and/or preparation.
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Courtauld Commitment
- Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
- Household food waste
- UN SDG 12.3
- Consumer behaviour
- Hospitality and food service
- Retailers and brands
- Trade associations
- Non-governmental organisations
Textiles take-back schemes, where customers donate unwanted clothing to retailers to be re-used or recycled, are a key part of developing a more circular fashion industry.
- Textiles
- Consumer behaviour
- Re-use & recycling
- Non-clothing textiles
- SCAP 2020
- Textiles 2030
- Collections & recycling
- Re-use
- Consumer behaviour
- Re-use and recycling
- Retailers and brands
- Textiles sourcers, producers and designers
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
Presenting our 2019-20 annual report. A year on from our inaugural annual report where we published our 2018 baseline data we can now present our 2019 data highlights and member actions.
- Plastic Packaging
- Eliminating problem plastics
- The UK Plastics Pact
- Plastic packaging design
- Global Plastics Pacts
- Reuse and refill
- Film and flexible packaging
- Waste management and end markets
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Re-use
- Re-use and recycling
- Hospitality and food service
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Packaging producers
- Trade associations
- National government and departments
- Non-governmental organisations
Expertise from the re-use and recycling sector is key in informing product design and end of life. Our Re-use and retailers signatory pack is a quick step tour of what Re-use and recycling organisations can expect as signatories of Textiles 2030, covering reasons to get involved, our ambitions and targets, as well as how to participate and what this entails.
- Textiles
- Re-use & recycling
- Non-clothing textiles
- Textiles 2030
- Collections & recycling
- Re-use
- Re-use and recycling
- Textiles sourcers, producers and designers
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
WRAP is a charity promoting a resource-efficient future.
- Eliminating problem plastics
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Reducing greenhouse gas emissions
- Funding
- UN SDG 12.3
- Textiles
- Consumer behaviour
- UN SDG 12.5
- Consumer behaviour
- Re-use and recycling
- National government and departments
- Non-governmental organisations
The third in a series of reports detailing how UK citizens’ food habits, behaviours and attitudes have changed during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Key findings
- Almost four in five UK citizens (79%) undertook additional food management behaviours during lockdown, and these behaviours endured as lockdown eased.
- However, fewer than 30% of us see a link between wasting food and climate change.
- New 'Wasting Food: It's Out of Date' brand to bring to life the devastating environmental cost of wasting food.
- Consumer behaviour
- Hospitality and food service
- Retailers and brands