Resources

A webinar discussing how to maximise the effectiveness of your website and your social media channels in order to engage with residents on waste and recycling issues is crucial in these times of ever restrictive communications budgets and a higher than ever reliance on the public to source information from digital channels.

Presented by Debbie Slater and Anna Scott. 

Hear from the citizen behaviour team on the latest national campaign, set to go live in March. The campaign from Recycle Now and Clear on Plastics will encourage citizens to recycle plastic bags and wrapping at supermarket front of store locations, following the rollout of collections by retailers.

Our third Annual Report provides the most complete picture of action on tackling plastic packaging waste in the UK. It combines aggregated Pact member data from right across the supply chain, with examples of members progress against the targets. This enables us pinpoint where specific action is needed.

So, three years in, what does the picture look like?

Local Authority Waste Services: Learnings from Wales

Since 2011, WRAP Cymru’s Collaborative Change Programme (CCP) for Wales has offered strategic and technical support to help local authorities develop and deliver detailed plans to achieve the outcomes of Wales’ waste strategy, Towards Zero Waste – One Wales, One Planet: overarching waste strategy. Join some of the team to share the lessons they have learnt and to discuss the part they are playing in helping Wales to reach their ambitions to become the world leader in recycling.

Launched in 2012, The Sustainable Clothing Action Plan 2020 Commitment (SCAP) set out to radically reduce the carbon, water and waste impact of the UK clothing and textiles industry. At the time, the industry was crying out for a force which would unite brands and retail signatories with the charity sector and recyclers to tackle the environmental costs of clothing.

The 2021 Plastics Market situation report provides in-depth information on the latest economic, market and regulatory trends affecting the capture and recycling of plastics. It explores key developments over the past few years and highlights the challenges and opportunities for the decade ahead.

WRAP asked Local Authority Officers about training and resource requirements to meet the many challenges proposed in the Government’s Resources and Waste Strategy. With the shape of future policy becoming clearer, our recent surveys have demonstrated an appetite for a wide range of support in the form of training, webinars and online resources to help local government officers and members implement the changes that are coming our way.

National agreement from the recycling industry on what can and cannot be collected for recycling from householders and how those materials should be presented for collection.

This review examines current information, both WRAP published work and externally published work, to provide an evidence base around the effectiveness of on-pack recycling information to encourage citizen recycling behaviours. It also contains short recommendations on how on-pack recycling information may be improved based on the information found in the existing literature.

WRAP works with governments, businesses and citizens to create a world in which resources are used sustainably. Read our April 2020-21 annual review to learn more about our mission to accelerate the move to a sustainable, resource-efficient economy.

This is the twentieth publication of data under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 (Schedule 9), relating to the reporting period, October – December (Q4) 2019, and represents over 5 years of data reporting by MF operators.

The summary statistics presented in this commentary are intended to be representative of the MFs who have submitted the quarterly return. In England 85 facilities notified the Regulator (in accordance with the Regulations) for October – December 2019, of which all 85 submitted a quarterly data return. In Wales, 12 facilities notified the Regulator, of which all 12 submitted returns.

This document is a constructive road map with clear objectives and actions for local authorities, organic processors, policy makers and regulators that puts in place actions that will reduce contamination of feedstocks for organic processors, increase recycling rates, increase feedstock supply and protect the environment.