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5 Nov 2019
New report reveals progress in store to help cut household food waste, but more to be done
WRAP details progress by individual retailers, but says more needs to be done in implementing best practice for packs and labelling to help cut household food waste. New guidance to reduce fresh... -
15 Oct 2019
Updated report brings clarity to market situation for UK recovered plastics
The latest data and in-depth information about UK plastics recycling and reprocessing is published today by WRAP in an updated Plastics Market Situation Report (last updated in 2016). -
24 Sep 2019
Food Waste Reduction Roadmap accelerates journey to halving food waste by 2030
One year on from the launch of WRAP and IGD’s Food Waste Reduction Roadmap, and 156 UK food businesses have now committed to Target, Measure and Act on food waste. This represents more than half of... -
24 Sep 2019
With over 5,000 participants, WRAP publish their biggest recycling tracker survey to date
The Recycling Tracker is an annual survey of UK households that gathers evidence on recycling attitudes, knowledge and behaviours. It is the largest and longest running of its kind, having been... -
10 Sep 2019
NEW Material Flow reports for Glass, Paper & Card, Wood and Metal packaging
Each of the Material Flow reports estimates the quantity of the respective packaging material placed on the market (POM) and recycled in 2017, potential future levels to 2025 and the likelihood of... -
9 Sep 2019
Guardians of Grub Stand Up For Food month creates a stir in the UK’s commercial kitchens
Food waste is off the menu this September, as the UK’s hospitality and food service sector unites to tackle the one million tonnes of food waste arising from commercial kitchens, restaurants, pubs... -
9 Sep 2019
WRAP appoints three new Trustees
WRAP is delighted to announce the appointment of new Trustees to its Board – Sarah Chapman, Sachin Kapila and Michaelene Kinnersley. -
6 Aug 2019
WRAP Global awarded further funding to cut food waste in Mexico
WRAP Global, the international arm of WRAP, the sustainability organisation, has been awarded $100,000 (c £82,200) to help tackle supply chain food loss and waste in Mexico – conservatively estimated... -
25 Jul 2019
Food surplus & waste in primary production costs UK more than £1 billion
WRAP sheds light on food surplus and waste on farm and says more work is urgently needed in this critical area of the food chain.Around 3.6 million tonnes of food surplus and waste occur in primary... -
19 Jul 2019
WRAP launches new £1 million grant to increase business waste recycling in England
A new grant has been unveiled today to help improve recycling rates. The new recycling grant is part of the £18 million Resource Action Fund, launched by Defra in May 2019. -
16 Jul 2019
Manufacturers urged to adopt new guidelines for recyclability of household rigid packaging
New UK Plastics Pact guidance published today as part of plans to significantly improve the UK recycling rate of plastic packaging -
25 Jun 2019
Work steps up a gear to tackle issues around problematic plastics, and eliminate where necessary
UK Plastics Pact members to eliminate problematic or unnecessary single-use plastics.8 items targetted initially for elimination by the end of 2020. 19 other items have been identified as... -
21 May 2019
WRAP marks first anniversary of The UK Plastics Pact with new progress report
Unrecyclable plastics such as non-detectable black plastics and polystyrene are disappearing from UK supermarket shelvesMembers have started removing unnecessary single use plastics such as straws... -
13 May 2019
Guardians of Grub crusade to beat food waste
Bold new food waste reduction campaign launched at Government symposium to tackle the £3 billion of food thrown away at hospitality and food service outlets. Call to arms for hospitality... -
4 Apr 2019
Field trials increase crop yields as WRAP explores standardised measurement on farm
WRAP and ASDA IPL find significant variations in UK potato yields and a critical need for more standardised data measurement on farm.New trials help increase crop yields and limit rejection through... -
28 Feb 2019
WRAP and OPRL form strategic partnership to tackle common goals on recycling
WRAP and OPRL (On-Pack Recycling Label) have today announced a strategic partnership which sets out how the two organisations will work together towards meeting the UK’s recycling targets. -
18 Feb 2019
Statement on the Resources and Waste Strategy Consultation
Marcus Gover, CEO WRAP “We welcome the publication of these four consultation papers, setting out detailed options for how the Government intends to implement key elements of its Resources &... -
28 Jan 2019
fibre2fibre recycling - turning the UK’s unwanted clothes into the latest fashion
WRAP examines the economics of closed loop (fibre2fibre) recycling using UK post-consumer clothes and textiles. -
18 Dec 2018
Sustainable cotton is turning Britain’s clothes green
Changes in the fibres used by signatories to the Sustainable Clothing Action Plan (SCAP 2020) commitment have saved as much water, per tonne of clothes sold, as a family of four each taking a bath... -
5 Dec 2018
WRAP Global awarded $250,000 Roddenberry Prize to cut food waste in Mexico City
WRAP Global, the international arm of WRAP working globally to expand the organisation’s resource efficiency programmes, has received key funding from The Roddenberry Prize to develop a bespoke...
