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Explore the Food Waste Reduction Roadmap case studies to find out how businesses have benefited from taking targeted action to reduce waste in their own operations, their supply chain, and from consumers.
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Measuring and reporting food waste
- Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
- Hospitality and food service
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
This report reviews the available evidence of the effects of plastic packaging in helping to reduce the amount of fresh produce thrown away in the home to inform discussions on providing uncut fresh fruit and vegetables loose/plastic-free in store.
- Plastic Packaging
- Eliminating problem plastics
- The UK Plastics Pact
- Retailers and brands
Working with WRAP, John Lewis identified an opportunity to improve fit consistency, and reduce sampling and product development lead times, for four core men‟s shirts. Bringing quality to life and encouraging sustainable living are core principles for John Lewis. The project aimed to facilitate 'right first time' sampling by creating a set of core blocks for four John Lewis bestselling men's shirts.
- Textiles
- Fibre & fabric selection
- Design for extending clothing life
- SCAP 2020
- Retailers and brands
- Textiles sourcers, producers and designers
F&F has made a conscious decision to be more sustainable, integrating durability into its working practices, from product design to its end of life. WRAP has been working with F&F to help make clothes look as good as new, for longer.
- Textiles
- Fibre & fabric selection
- Design for extending clothing life
- SCAP 2020
- Retailers and brands
- Textiles sourcers, producers and designers
ASOS identified a potential risk in the product durability of blind felled hems on tailored trousers due to hem failure, i.e. falling after washing or wearing. WRAP worked with ASOS to trial a bonding seal on both menswear and womenswear tailored trousers.
- Textiles
- Fibre & fabric selection
- Design for extending clothing life
- SCAP 2020
- Retailers and brands
- Textiles sourcers, producers and designers
Ted Baker is taking steps to make positive long-term impacts on the durability of its clothing. By reviewing the critical paths for design and development up to production, Ted Baker saw an opportunity to refine part of its quality management process to quickly identify high-risk fabrics.
- Textiles
- Fibre & fabric selection
- Design for extending clothing life
- SCAP 2020
- Retailers and brands
- Textiles sourcers, producers and designers
WRAP worked with COS, which is part of the H&M group, to run extended wash test trials on four different menswear Merino wool jumpers, in order to review and assess the optimal care instructions to maximise the garments’ life.
- Textiles
- Fibre & fabric selection
- Design for extending clothing life
- SCAP 2020
- Retailers and brands
- Textiles sourcers, producers and designers
Through regular analysis of its products’ returns data, New Look identified above average levels of returns on womenswear stretch jeans due to button attachment failure. WRAP worked with New Look to review the testing process of womenswear stretch jeans to help improve their performance, extending the life of these products.
- Textiles
- Fibre & fabric selection
- Design for extending clothing life
- SCAP 2020
- Retailers and brands
- Textiles sourcers, producers and designers
A new generation of sustainable products by design
80% of the environmental impacts of today’s products and services are determined at the early stages of product design and development.
- Food and drink
- Courtauld Commitment
- Hospitality and food service
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
Many businesses have taken steps to develop innovative partnerships to facilitate an increase in the amount of surplus food they redistribute. Here we highlight some examples.
- Food and drink
- Surplus food redistribution
- Courtauld Commitment
- Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
- Food date labelling
- Retailers and brands
The final report of achievements by signatories to the Hospitality and Foods Service Agreement (HaFSA).
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Measuring and reporting food waste
- Surplus food redistribution
- Courtauld Commitment
- Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
- Guardians of Grub
- Guardians of Grub Becoming a Champion
- Hospitality and food service
- Retailers and brands
- Packaging producers
- National government and departments
Using surplus bakery products in animal feed – and saving money.
Tesco and SugaRich have successfully worked together since 2012 to tackle the problem of surplus bakery products from stores, safely diverting 80% to animal feed, instead of to AD.
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Surplus food redistribution
- Courtauld Commitment
- Retailers and brands