Resources

Progress made by retailers & brands in helping people buy the right amounts of food, and to make better use of the food they buy.

The final report of achievements by signatories to the Courtauld Commitment 3 (CC3).

WRAP has been supporting UK retailers of bagged growing media, plants and field horticultural products to join the transition to a more sustainable growing media industry.

This short research note provides updated (2015) estimates for food surplus and waste in wholesale grocery sector, including cash and carry, and specialist wholesale markets.

This series of guidance notes provides different audiences within product development teams (e.g. designers, buyers, retailers) advice on designing to improve clothing life.

The report, which has been developed with leading figures in the food supply chain, includes:

• The risks to the UK food system over the next 10 years if we don't embrace a business unusual approach to the way we manufacture, sell and consume food;
• The huge wealth of opportunities that developing a Flexible, Intelligent and Transparent (FIT) supply chain will open to the sector; and
• How a "business unusual" approach will enable the sector to respond flexibly to changes in demand and weather patterns, with a transparent supply chain that will limit food scares and scandals.

An agreement between the Scottish Government, Defra, the Welsh Government, and the Northern Ireland Department of the Environment with the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and its supermarket members.

This report describes research that models the impact of purchases and consumption on waste levels. The model simulates a household over time and estimates the impact on waste levels of various decisions made relating to shopping, storing and consumption of milk.

Updated Household Food Waste Figures
More recent headline data on food waste for this sector was published by WRAP in May 2018

November 2011

Research shows that annual UK household food and drink waste has fallen by 1.1 million tonnes (13%) over a three year period from 8.3 million tonnes to an estimated 7.2 million tonnes. This avoided food and drink waste would fill the Wembley Stadium in London to the brim.

A research project examining consumer attitudes and behaviour around storage of fresh fruit and vegetables in the home.