Resources
Circular Procurement Guidance
Through Welsh government funded support for sustainable public sector procurement, WRAP has developed new circular procurement guidance on giving furniture a second life.
- Public Sector Procurement Support
- Re-use and repair
- Public sector
- Organisations extending the life-time of products
The water quality issues facing the waters of the Wye and Usk catchments are well researched and documented and frequently reported in local, regional and national press. This brief document does not set out to illustrate the need for making changes in nutrient management in the catchment, but instead starts from the point of accepting that changes need to be made to current practices and to look at what is already being done as well as undertaking a brief review of where similar problems at a catchment scale have been addressed in other countries.
- Circular Economy Fund
- National government and departments
WRAP and Recycle Now's recycling tracker provides insights into UK citizen’s attitudes towards recycling as well as a greater understanding of their recycling related behaviours. It is an annual survey of UK citizens that gathers evidence on recycling attitudes, knowledge, and behaviour. It is the largest and longest running of its kind, having been undertaken by WRAP since 2004.
- Collections & recycling
- Local Authorities
- National government and departments
- Non-governmental organisations
- Public sector
New Welsh Food Waste Roadmap from WRAP identifies a suite of interventions which could deliver reductions in food waste across the supply chain. A comprehensive review of evidence identifies how the mechanisms can work and have worked when applied elsewhere in the world.
- Food and drink
- Collections & recycling
- Local Authorities
- National government and departments
The tool is intended to help support greater collaboration between the many businesses that make up Wales’ wood sector.
It provides businesses with the opportunity to further enhance their understanding of the Welsh wood sector.
- Recycled content in manufacturing
- Circular Economy Fund
- Manufacturers
- Organisations extending the life-time of products
The tool is intended to help support greater collaboration between the many businesses that make up Wales’ paper sector.
It provides businesses with the opportunity to further enhance their understanding of the Welsh paper sector.
- Recycled content in manufacturing
- Circular Economy Fund
- Manufacturers
- Organisations extending the life-time of products
The tool is intended to help support greater collaboration between the many businesses that make up Wales’ plastics sector.
It provides businesses with the opportunity to further enhance their understanding of the Welsh plastics sector.
- Recycled content in manufacturing
- Plastic Packaging
- Circular Economy Fund
- Manufacturers
- Organisations extending the life-time of products
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.
- Plastic Packaging
- Circular Economy Fund
- Recycled content in manufacturing
- Re-use and repair
- Manufacturers
- Organisations extending the life-time of products
Waste composition analysis of kerbside and HWRC collected textiles.
The aim of the composition analysis was to understand more about the quality of textiles within the household waste recycling centre (HWRC) and kerbside recycling streams, and its potential for re-use.
- Collaborative Change Programme
- Collections & recycling
- Local Authorities
- National government and departments
- Non-governmental organisations
- Public sector
Between 2019 - 2022, WRAP has worked in collaboration with more than 20 partner organisations, including Welsh businesses and academic institutions, to deliver four supply chain projects.
The following case studies capture the barriers and learnings from the trials that were funded by Welsh Government.
- Recycled content in manufacturing
- Manufacturers
- National government and departments
- Non-governmental organisations
- Organisations extending the life-time of products
Our work to create a circular economy is essential to achieve a net zero Wales by 2050. This means reducing waste, re-using materials for as long as possible, and creating new more sustainable business models.
- Public Sector Procurement Support
- Manufacturers
- Local Authorities
- National government and departments
- Public sector
- Organisations extending the life-time of products
Alongside our general guidance on market engagement, you will also be able to find specific category guidance on market engagement in the following areas:
- Construction
- Food, Drink, and Catering
- Furniture
- ICT
- Textiles
- Public Sector Procurement Support
- Manufacturers
- Local Authorities
- National government and departments
- Public sector
- Organisations extending the life-time of products