Resources

Guide
1 March 2015

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.

Initiatives:
  • Plastic Packaging
  • Waste management and end markets
  • Collections & recycling
  • Collections and sorting
  • Commercial waste
Sector:
  • 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
Guide
23 February 2015

A guide about establishing re-use as a strategic priority for local authorities and their partners.  It provides a step-by-step approach for building a case for a re-use strategy and the environmental, social and economic benefits this can bring. 

Initiatives:
  • Collections & recycling
  • Service design
  • Re-use
Sector:
  • Waste management and reprocessors
  • Local Authorities
Case study
3 February 2015

Collaboration and flexibility forge re-use success. Local authorities in Oxfordshire have partnered with a local charity  to deliver a combined bulky waste collection service.

Initiatives:
  • Waste management and end markets
Sector:
  • Local Authorities
  • Non-governmental organisations
Case study
3 February 2015

Transforming re-use through partnerships.

How two related partnerships have increased bulky waste re-use in Buckinghamshire.

Initiatives:
  • Collections & recycling
  • Recycling in urban areas
  • Re-use
  • Consumer behaviour
Sector:
  • Local Authorities
  • Non-governmental organisations
Report
1 December 2014

The route map is intended to help local authorities that collect waste to understand their legal obligations under the Regulations. It is particularly focused on Regulation 13, which concerns the separate collection of glass, metal, paper and plastic (‘the four materials’), but also explores closely related Regulation 12 requirements regarding the waste hierarchy.

Initiatives:
  • Collections & recycling
  • Consistency in collections
  • Service design
  • Collections and sorting
  • Kerbside collection
Sector:
  • Local Authorities
Guide
1 November 2014

This report provides an assessment of how food waste levels have changed historically in the UK, and the potential impact of a range of ‘exogenous’ factors and interventions on food waste levels in the future.

Initiatives:
  • Food and drink
  • Reducing and preventing food waste
  • Measuring and reporting food waste
  • Courtauld Commitment
  • Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
  • UN SDG 12.3
Sector:
  • Farmers and growers
  • Hospitality and food service
  • Manufacturers
  • Retailers and brands
  • Waste management and reprocessors
  • Local Authorities
Guide
17 June 2013

This target audience section helps you to identify and describe your target audience. You must be clear about the target audience for your communications and keep them as the focus of your effort at all stages.  

Initiatives:
  • Consumer behaviour
Sector:
  • Local Authorities
Guide
17 June 2013

This section shows how your communication methods cover a wide range of individual activities. Once you have decided on your overall strategy and selected the mix of communication methods to use, you need to look in detail at the communications activities you need to deliver your strategy’s objectives. 

Initiatives:
  • Collections & recycling
  • Communicating with residents
Sector:
  • Local Authorities
Case study
17 June 2013

This situational analysis section looks at how to develop a situational analysis using the information you gathered in section 1. A situational analysis takes a snapshot view of your organisation or situation and where things stand at a particular point in time. 

Initiatives:
  • Consumer behaviour
Sector:
  • Local Authorities
Report
17 June 2013

This section takes you through the stages of developing your communications brand and its identity, the tone of voice for your communications and explains how to link to the national Recycle Now campaign brand to get the most out of it. 

Initiatives:
  • Collections & recycling
  • Service design
  • Communicating with residents
Sector:
  • Local Authorities
Guide
17 June 2013

This planning your activities section looks at the process of putting your ideas into a coherent implementation plan and provides you with a mechanism to ensure that all activities are completed on time and within budget. 

Initiatives:
  • Consumer behaviour
Sector:
  • Local Authorities
Tool
17 June 2013

This section looks in detail at defining your communications aim and setting your overall objectives.

Initiatives:
  • Collections & recycling
  • Service design
  • Communicating with residents
  • Collections and sorting
  • Kerbside collection
Sector:
  • Local Authorities