Resources
The repair and re-use of electrical and electronic products keeps valuable materials out of the waste stream for longer. Re-use organisations also have a positive social impact in the communities in which they operate.
- Electricals
- Local Authorities
- Non-governmental organisations
A WRAP study into the composition and re-use potential of household bulky textiles found that of all bulky waste in the UK around 19% (310,000 tonnes) consists of textiles.
- Non-clothing textiles
- Local Authorities
- Non-governmental organisations
This section describes the opportunities for re-use of electrical and electronic products that would otherwise be discarded.
- Collections & recycling
- Re-use
- Electricals
- Consumer behaviour
- Re-use and recycling
- Local Authorities
- Non-governmental organisations
WRAP has produced this guide to help health, safety and environment managers; or others with management responsibilities to improve the efficiency of their organisation’s use of resources – e.g. raw materials, water, energy – as a means of improving the performance of their business.
- Plastic Packaging
- Waste management and end markets
- Collections & recycling
- Collections and sorting
- Commercial waste
- 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