Resources
A webinar to support the launch of the Recycle Week 2021 Toolkit including a tour of the digital assets and an overview of how Local Authorities can get involved in the week.
Presented by Jackie Bailey and Craig Stephens.
- Collections & recycling
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Recycling in urban areas
- Dry materials
- Organics
- Retailers and brands
- Local Authorities
Enabling effective decisions for tackling food surplus and waste on farm.
At an industry level, food surplus and waste on-farms across the UK is estimated at 3.6 million tonnes and worth £1.2 billion. This project has extended that assessment to provide an estimate of the financial implications for individuals farms of acting on food surplus and waste.
- Food and drink
- Measuring and reporting food waste
- Courtauld Commitment
- Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
- Farmers and growers
Exploring how farmers can be supported to collaborate in measuring food surplus and waste and identifying production efficiencies.
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Measuring and reporting food waste
- Surplus food redistribution
- Courtauld Commitment
- Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
- Fresh produce sector
- UN SDG 12.3
- Farmers and growers
Oldham Council experienced high levels of contamination in its household organic waste collection service. On review the contamination was due to plastic bags being used by households to contain food waste for recycling instead of compostable liners. The trial reduced incorrect bag use, benefitted households, retailers and the IVC operator, and saved the council money.
- Collections & recycling
- Service design
- Communicating with residents
- Contamination prevention
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Recycling in urban areas
- Organics
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
WRAP supported a pilot study with the Re3 partnership, Bracknell Forest Council and Reading Borough Council to act on contamination. During the webinar we shared the project’s achievements, challenges and results.
- Collections & recycling
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Local Authorities
Shaping a sustainable recovery.
The Courtauld Commitment Annual Report sets out the progress that has been made by the food and drink sector this year towards achieving the voluntary agreement’s targets and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. In yet another turbulent year for food and drink, the sector has continued to deliver meaningful action on climate change, driving collaboration across the entire food system to measure and reduce food waste, greenhouse gas emissions and water stress.
- 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
- Whole chain resource efficiency
- Household food waste
- Behaviour change interventions
- UN SDG 12.3
- Farmers and growers
- Hospitality and food service
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Local Authorities
- Trade associations
- National government and departments
- Non-governmental organisations
The Pre-Summit United Nations Food Systems Summit affiliated session hosted by WRAP and P4G.
28 July 2021
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Measuring and reporting food waste
- Courtauld Commitment
- Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
- UN SDG 12.3
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Local Authorities
- National government and departments
- Non-governmental organisations
The Recycling Tracker is the largest and longest running survey on recycling attitudes, values and behaviours. The Spring 2021 survey had a detailed focus on contamination, with previous waves of the tracker pointing to an increasing trend.
- Collections & recycling
- Communicating with residents
- Contamination prevention
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Recycling in urban areas
- Dry materials
- Organics
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
- National government and departments
A review of 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
- Local Authorities
Redistributing surplus food from farms can help those who do not have enough to feed themselves, reduce food waste and ensure that the hard effort of farmers and growers does not go to waste.
- Food and drink
- Surplus food redistribution
- Courtauld Commitment
- Fresh produce sector
- Organics
- Farmers and growers
- Manufacturers
Getting together with the whole supply chain is very rare. It provided a unique opportunity for all links in the chain to understand how decisions made at each stage of the development and launch of a product can affect waste.
Paula Higby, Fullers Foods
- Food and drink
- Courtauld Commitment
- Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands