Resources
The Carbon Waste and Resources Metric (Carbon WARM) is a set of conversion factors to enable users to express waste management tonnage data in terms of their Greenhouse Gas emissions relative to landfill.
- Reducing greenhouse gas emissions
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
- National government and departments
- Non-governmental organisations
A world where resources are used sustainably. This is our vision. And this plan tells you what we will do to get there.
- Plastic Packaging
- Food and drink
- Reducing greenhouse gas emissions
- UN SDG 12.3
- Textiles
- Collections & recycling
- UN SDG 12.5
- 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
This literature review has been undertaken to assess the evidence base to support the anecdotal evidence that food waste collections promote food waste prevention behaviour.
- Collections & recycling
- Organics
- Local Authorities
When designing and specifying packaging, circularity should be at the heart of decision-making. WRAP has developed guidance on plastic packaging which should be read in advance of deciding which plastics to select: Defining what's recyclable and best in class polymer choices for packaging.
- Plastic Packaging
- Plastic packaging design
- Local Authorities
In 2018, WRAP carried out a collection options appraisal on behalf of a medium sized unitary authority in the South East of England.
- Collections & recycling
- Consistency in collections
- Service design
- Local Authorities
- Collections & recycling
- Consistency in collections
- Service design
- Local Authorities
- Collections & recycling
- Consistency in collections
- Service design
- Local Authorities
In 2017 WRAP supported a large unitary authority in the north of England to assess the cost and performance implications of a range of alternative household waste collection scenarios that met the requirements of the ‘Framework for greater consistency in household recycling’.
- Collections & recycling
- Consistency in collections
- Service design
- Local Authorities
The Waste Prevention Programme in England for 2013 was set out in the policy paper ‘Prevention is better than cure: The role of waste prevention in moving to a more resource efficient, circular economy'. This report provides a review of the existing waste prevention programme: actions undertaken and impacts.
- Courtauld Commitment
- SCAP 2020
- Collections & recycling
- Collections and sorting
- Hospitality and food service
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
- National government and departments
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the entire global economy, cutting economic activity and increasing unemployment.
- Whole chain resource efficiency
- Local Authorities
- National government and departments
Making it easier for people who live, work, learn in or visit cities and other dense urban environments to recycle, is a priority for government and local delivery partners.
Urban areas often have lower household recycling rates than the national average and research indicates this is due in part to the presence of high-density housing and flats.
- Collections & recycling
- Service design
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Recycling in urban areas
- Local Authorities
This study summarises research undertaken to estimate the potential to achieve a municipal recycling rate of 65%.
- Collections & recycling
- Service design
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Local Authorities
- National government and departments