Resources
Bringing together local authorities, the waste management industry and retailers to increase the quantity and quality of material collected for recycling.
- Collections & recycling
- Consistency in collections
- Local Authorities
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.
- Collections & recycling
- Consistency in collections
- Service design
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Local Authorities
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.
- Collections & recycling
- Service design
- Communicating with residents
- Local Authorities
Workers carrying out collections of glass for recycling can be exposed to high levels of noise. This report provides information to employers and client authorities on the noise levels experienced by waste collection operatives on a variety of collection systems.
- Collections and sorting
- Local Authorities
An update to the 2006 report, reviewing high quality Life Cycle Assessments from around the world to assess the impact of alternative waste management options for a range of materials, and discuss the findings for each material in the context of the UK.
- Collections & recycling
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Commercial waste
- Material Recovery Facilities
- Recovered materials markets
- Waste management and reprocessors
A project to explore the effectiveness of mixed food and garden waste kerbside collection schemes in diverting food waste for recycling.
- Collections & recycling
- Service design
- Communicating with residents
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Local Authorities
This report provides bulk density data for commonly collected material streams, taking into account container types and how the materials are collected (vehicle types). It provides data that will be useful in planning and managing collection and handling systems for recyclable materials.
- Collections & recycling
- Service design
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Material Recovery Facilities
- Dry materials
- Recovered materials markets
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
Between 2007 and 2009 WRAP provided funding and technical support to 21 local authorities to carry out trials of separate food waste collections. This report evaluates the performance of the trials and draws out key practical lessons for local authorities for the collection of food waste from householders.
- Collections & recycling
- Service design
- Contamination prevention
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Organics
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities