Funded by the Welsh Government, WRAP has developed this user-friendly Circular Materials Mapping Tool for Wales – a useful resource for Welsh stakeholders across the plastics, paper, and wood value chains.
It provides an interactive, visual representation of the extent of Wales’ plastics, paper, and wood sectors, plotting business locations and helping to identify where there are clusters.
Users can:
- Filter by company type
- Explore the number of businesses in each local authority
- Explore the tonnage and type of material handled at selected sites
- Explore opportunities to source recycled feedstocks and find outlets for material waste in Wales.
The tool is intended to help support greater collaboration between the many businesses that make up Wales’ plastics, paper and wood. sectors. It provides businesses with the opportunity to further enhance their understanding of the wider Welsh materials sector.
If you have any queries about the tool or would like to add (or update) the details of your business in the Mapping Tool please contact us at Resources.Wales@wrap.org.uk.
If you would like to extend your search beyond Wales, the UK Circular Plastics Network has produced a complementary landscape map covering the whole of the UK. It also includes Academic Institutions and Research & Technology Organisations (RTOs). The link to that landscape map is here.
Funded by the Welsh Government, the Circular Materials Mapping Tool has been developed by WRAP Cymru with support from Resilience Sustainable Solutions and Green Edge Applications Limited.
While we have taken reasonable steps to ensure this map is accurate, WRAP does not accept liability for any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred or arising from reliance on this map. Readers are responsible for assessing the accuracy and conclusions of the content of this map. You must not use this map or material from it to endorse or suggest WRAP has endorsed a commercial product or service. For more details, please see WRAP's terms and conditions on our website.
Data Sources
We sourced data from Companies House, the Natural Resources Wales website and directly from individual businesses. Original plastic data was collected between 2018 and 2020, and original paper data was collected between 2020 and 2021. The data for both paper and plastics was updated along with the original collection of data for wood between 2022 and 2023.
To the best of WRAP’s knowledge, all data included is up to date as of February 2023. If you have any queries about the tool or would like to add (or update) the details of your business in the Materials Map, please contact us at Resources.Wales@wrap.org.uk.
Funded by the Welsh Government, the Circular Materials Mapping Tool has been developed by WRAP Cymru with support from Resilience Sustainable Solutions and Green Edge Applications Limited.
The Map is intended to help support greater collaboration between the many businesses that make up Wales’ plastics, paper and wood sectors. It provides businesses with the opportunity to further enhance their understanding of the plastics, paper and wood industries with the overarching aim of creating a more circular Wales.
