Resources
Progress made by retailers & brands in helping people buy the right amounts of food, and to make better use of the food they buy.
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Courtauld Commitment
- Retailers and brands
- Packaging producers
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Measuring and reporting food waste
- Courtauld Commitment
- Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
- Household food waste
- UN SDG 12.3
- Farmers and growers
- Hospitality and food service
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- National government and departments
This research and development project has identified a number of solutions that would reduce contamination in the recycling process and enable the production of milk bottles that are visually acceptable with at least 30% rHDPE content.
- Plastic Packaging
- The UK Plastics Pact
- Collections & recycling
- Dry materials
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
The Materials Pricing Report is a free subscription service for buyers and sellers of recovered materials.
The aim of the Materials Pricing Report is to give participants in the market such as local authorities, waste management companies, recyclers, reprocessors and social economy businesses more information about pricing trends and current conditions in the markets for recovered materials.
- Collections & recycling
- Waste management and reprocessors
The final report of achievements by signatories to the Courtauld Commitment 3 (CC3).
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Courtauld Commitment
- Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
- Guardians of Grub
- UN SDG 12.3
- Farmers and growers
- Hospitality and food service
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
WRAP has been supporting UK retailers of bagged growing media, plants and field horticultural products to join the transition to a more sustainable growing media industry.
- Collections & recycling
- Retailers and brands
This report details the research into a standardised stability test method that is capable of being used to measure compost stability consistently in laboratory conditions and can be used as a standard test throughout the UK and potentially Europe.
- Collections & recycling
- Organics
- Farmers and growers
Concerns about the potential presence of plant and human or animal pathogens are a major limitation to the increased up-take of composted waste by end-users of high-quality horticultural growing media.
- Collections & recycling
- Waste management and reprocessors
This report was commissioned to close gaps in understanding of compost and digestate quality, to build confidence amongst potential compost and digestate users, and to identify any specific areas where improvements in quality might be considered desirable.
- Collections & recycling
- Farmers and growers
This research has examined the impacts of AD (anaerobic digestion) on a range of common crop pests and diseases. This project was initiated to confirm and add to published data.
- Collections & recycling
- Farmers and growers
This research focused on the identification of end market applications for post-consumer polyethylene film packaging derived from UK kerbside co-mingled collection in delivery bags, silage sheeting, storage and transport crates, store mannequins and automotive parts.
- Collections & recycling
- Dry materials
- Packaging producers
WRAP, in collaboration with Valpak Consulting Ltd, has published three market oriented reports which each focus on particular aspects of plastic packaging recycling in the UK.
- Plastic Packaging
- The UK Plastics Pact
- Collections & recycling
- Dry materials
- Waste management and reprocessors