Resources
The 2024 Textiles Market Situation Report updates on the present state of the UK textiles market.
- Textiles
- Consumer behaviour
- Re-use & recycling
- Non-clothing textiles
- Kerbside collection
- HWRCs & bring sites
- Re-use
- Market situation reports
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Textiles sourcers, producers and designers
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
- Trade associations
- National government and departments
- Non-governmental organisations
Terminology can inadvertently imply use or value, which can lead to barriers or opportunities in how textiles are considered or handled. A lack of standardisation, clarity and consistency among stakeholders in the textiles sector is an issue that inhibits partnerships, policy development, and can prevent progress towards a circular textiles economy.
- Textiles
- Re-use & recycling
- Non-clothing textiles
- Textiles 2030
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Textiles sourcers, producers and designers
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
- Trade associations
- National government and departments
- Non-governmental organisations
Welcome to the WRAP Food Trends & KPI Survey, a bi-annual exploration of UK households' attitudes, knowledge, and behaviours related to food waste. As the longest-running survey of its kind, it offers a unique lens into the ever-evolving landscape of food waste in the UK.
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Measuring and reporting food waste
- Household food waste
- Behaviour change interventions
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
- National government and departments
- Non-governmental organisations
New insights designed to help the food and drink sector transform the food system by changing the way consumers buy fresh fruit and veg in the UK.
- Plastic Packaging
- Eliminating problem plastics
- The UK Plastics Pact
- Film and flexible packaging
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Courtauld Commitment
- Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
- Household food waste
- Behaviour change interventions
- Farmers and growers
- Hospitality and food service
- Retailers and brands
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
- Packaging producers
- National government and departments
An updated practical guide for local authorities on managing the quality of recyclable materials collected at the kerbside.
- Collections & recycling
- Service design
- Contamination prevention
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Dry materials
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
WRAP has developed one of the most comprehensive open-source databases mapping over 200 textiles sorters, pre-processors, recyclers, and yarn spinners (who work with recycled fibres), operating within the UK and Europe.
- Textiles
- Re-use & recycling
- Non-clothing textiles
- Collections & recycling
- Collections and sorting
- Re-use and recycling
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Textiles sourcers, producers and designers
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
- Trade associations
- National government and departments
- Non-governmental organisations
Procurement guidance for local authorities in relation to procurement of specialist food waste collection vehicles, food waste collection containers and communal housings.
- Collections & recycling
- Service design
- Communicating with residents
- Contamination prevention
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Organics
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
- National government and departments
This Roadmap focuses on how to achieve the target of collecting 90% of glass packaging for recycling in the UK by 2030, with a focus on remelt. It recognises the importance of not only increasing the quantity of glass collected but also the quality – as this impacts the ability to remelt back into glass containers – and that the collection scheme design is pivotal for this.
- Waste management and end markets
- Collections & recycling
- Kerbside collection
- Dry materials
- Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
- National government and departments
- Non-governmental organisations
A new plastic bags and wrapping recycling trial service has been introduced in a select few local areas. A small number of households in selected areas across England will be able to recycle their plastic bags and wrapping from their home.
The trial will be available to a small number of residents at the start, but it will gradually expand to more residents in the selected areas over the next 2-3 years.
- Plastic Packaging
- Eliminating problem plastics
- The UK Plastics Pact
- Film and flexible packaging
- Waste management and end markets
- Retailers and brands
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
- Packaging producers
- National government and departments
Sector specific actions to support delivery of the UK Food Waste Reduction Roadmap.
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Measuring and reporting food waste
- Courtauld Commitment
- Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
- Guardians of Grub
- Fresh produce sector
- Dairy sector
- Bakery sector
- Ambient foods sector
- Convenience, chilled foods and frozen
- Household food waste
- Farmers and growers
- Hospitality and food service
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Waste management and reprocessors
Are people open to the idea of ecolabels?
This report looks at the role that eco-labelling could play in providing citizens with information on the durability, recyclability, and repairability of products, inclusive of home textiles, furniture, and electrical appliances. The research also explores people’s receptivity to using ecolabels, and ultimately, their potential for influencing the products we decide to purchase.
- Textiles
- Consumer behaviour
- Re-use & recycling
- Collections & recycling
- Re-use
- Electricals
- Re-use and recycling
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Textiles sourcers, producers and designers
- Waste management and reprocessors
- National government and departments
This report describes analysis of compositional data and WasteDataFlow information to produce estimates of food in local authority collected waste streams from UK homes in 2021 and tracks trends over time.
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Courtauld Commitment
- Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
- Household food waste
- Hospitality and food service
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
- National government and departments