Resources

Guide
19 December 2022

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
Guide
19 December 2022

This section looks at how to develop a situational analysis using the information gathered in Section 2.

Initiatives:
  • Communicating with residents
Sector:
  • Local Authorities
Guide
19 December 2022

This section looks at the information you need to gather to assess your current position and carry out a situational analysis (the next stage of the strategy development process).

• The area and the people living in it – who they are, how old they are, where they live, what types of houses they live in, what their lifestyles are.
• How well they use the local recycling and waste management services.
• What are their barriers to recycling?

Initiatives:
  • Collections & recycling
  • Service design
  • Communicating with residents
Sector:
  • Local Authorities
Guide
15 December 2022

A practical guide to improving recycling performance through effective communications with your residents.

Initiatives:
  • Collections & recycling
  • Service design
  • Contamination prevention
  • Collections and sorting
  • Kerbside collection
Sector:
  • Local Authorities
Guide
5 December 2022

The purpose of this guide is to:

  • Raise awareness and understanding of the design process needed when developing recycling promotions.
  • Signpost you to other guidance documents available to help you plan your communications.
  • Provide advice on how to work with a design agency or internal design team to develop and deliver promotional material and the timescales involved.
Initiatives:
  • Collections & recycling
  • Communicating with residents
  • Collections and sorting
Sector:
  • Local Authorities
Guide
5 December 2022

This document aims to help you estimate the cost of communications activities. The indicative costs will help you develop an initial budget for your communications and give you an indication of what is acceptable value for money.

Initiatives:
  • Collections & recycling
  • Communicating with residents
  • Collections and sorting
Sector:
  • Local Authorities
Guide
5 December 2022

Monitoring the impact of communications is essential to determine what has been effective and demonstrate the value and success of communications activity.

Initiatives:
  • Collections & recycling
  • Communicating with residents
  • Collections and sorting
Sector:
  • Local Authorities
Guide
5 December 2022

This is a guide for local authority waste and recycling officers to help develop kerbside collection calendars. These are essential communication tools and provide householders with information about their waste and recycling collection frequency and instructions on how to participate.

Initiatives:
  • Collections & recycling
  • Consistency in collections
  • Communicating with residents
  • Collections and sorting
Sector:
  • Local Authorities
Guide
5 December 2022

The purpose of this guide is to raise awareness and understanding of print processes in common use and how they work.

Initiatives:
  • Collections & recycling
  • Communicating with residents
  • Collections and sorting
Sector:
  • Textiles sourcers, producers and designers
  • Waste management and reprocessors
  • Local Authorities
Guide
1 November 2022

Setting out the UK’s vision for best in class design in rigid household plastic packaging. Includes plastic packaging currently classed as recyclable and the ambition for recycled content. 

Updated Guidance: November 2022 

Initiatives:
  • Plastic Packaging
  • Eliminating problem plastics
  • The UK Plastics Pact
  • Plastic packaging design
Sector:
  • Manufacturers
  • Retailers and brands
  • Waste management and reprocessors
  • Local Authorities
  • Packaging producers
  • Trade associations
Guide
16 June 2022

The UK Plastics Pact is transforming the way that the UK makes, uses and disposes of plastic. 

Over halfway to our 2025 targets, the Roadmap sets out the specific milestones and activities which are critical if we are to achieve our goals in the years remaining.

Initiatives:
  • Plastic Packaging
  • Eliminating problem plastics
  • The UK Plastics Pact
  • Plastic packaging design
  • Global Plastics Pacts
  • Reuse and refill
  • Film and flexible packaging
  • Waste management and end markets
Sector:
  • Hospitality and food service
  • Manufacturers
  • Retailers and brands
  • Waste management and reprocessors
  • Local Authorities
  • Packaging producers
  • Trade associations
  • National government and departments
  • Non-governmental organisations
Guide
18 May 2022

WRAP’s Scope 3 Protocols for Food and Drink businesses are being updated

We are calling on the food and drink sector to feedback on the usability of our protocols, and the recommendations and requirements suggested for the sector.

Find out more

Initiatives:
  • Food and drink
  • Courtauld Commitment
  • Reducing greenhouse gas emissions
  • Whole chain resource efficiency
Sector:
  • Farmers and growers
  • Hospitality and food service
  • Manufacturers
  • Retailers and brands
  • Trade associations
  • National government and departments
  • Non-governmental organisations