Resources

In this section you will find the Quality manual template which can be used to set up your company’s manual.

This full report summarises the project into the development of practical guidance documents and templates to assit with the implementation of Quality, Environmental and Health & Safety management system in a MRF.  The report summarises the methods and advantages of implementing a Quality Management System (QMS) and includes time and cost savings associated with using defined templates and implementation methods.

Explore the many advantages of bulk wine importation that can be harnessed for the benefit of businesses, consumers and the environment.

Monitoring and evaluating scheme performance is something that all local authorities should be doing as a matter of routine. Not only does it enable you to assess whether schemes are performing as expected, it also helps diagnose problems, design new approaches and ultimately improve efficiency and effectiveness.
 

This revised document gives you practical advice on how to go about monitoring the performance of your schemes.

The study has focused on the three main kerbside collection systems currently operating: kerbside sort; single stream co-mingled; and two stream partially co-mingled. It examines a number of the main service variations in each category within two different local contexts.

The intention is that local authorities should use the information in this report to consider their actual costs in the light of predicted costs of a comparable good practice system.

This guide is intended to help authorities decide whether alternate weekly collection (AWC) is right for them and to draw together, from the experience of other authorities, advice on how to design and implement a scheme which is effective, and which gains and retains the support of local people.

Reducing food waste in Europe

Resource Efficient Food and dRink for the Entire Supply cHain (REFRESH) was an EU research project taking action against food waste. 26 partners from 12 European countries and China worked towards the project's goal to contribute towards Sustainable Development Goal 12.3 of halving per capita food waste at the retail and consumer level and reducing food losses along production and supply chains, reducing waste management costs, and maximizing the value from un-avoidable food waste and packaging materials.