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This guidance document supports the Welsh Government’s ambition to deliver a circular economy for Wales. This guide aims to help public and private sector clients and contractors to:
- Consider whole life carbon impacts linked to the purchase of built assets, their design and construction and in particular, the selection of materials with lower embodied carbon over the built asset's lifetime.
- Enhance the application of circular economy outcomes.
- Enhance high quality re-use, recycling, and avoidance of waste to landfill.
- Clearly define relevant procurement requirements and set out expectations.
- Public Sector Procurement Support
- Manufacturers
Swansea-based Techlan's business model demonstrates the circular economy in action in Wales.
The company successfully developed and patented a method for removing surface contamination from large reels of silicone release paper used in the manufacture of composites for the aerospace and wind energy sectors.
This high value paper was used just once and then landfilled, until Techlan devised a process to clean the paper on both sides, allowing it to be reused several times.
- Circular Economy Fund
- Manufacturers
- Circular Economy Fund
- Manufacturers
This report brings together several strands of work (reports, surveys and presentations) completed by partners as part of a Digital Deposit Return Scheme (DDRS) pilot in Conwy, run during June and July 2021.
- Collaborative Change Programme
- Collections & recycling
- Local Authorities
- National government and departments
- Non-governmental organisations
- Public sector
Getting Started
The demonstrations below show you how to get the information you need from the Materials Map.
- Recycled content in manufacturing
- Plastic Packaging
- Circular Economy Fund
- Manufacturers
- Organisations extending the life-time of products
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 Circular Materials Map is intended to help support greater collaboration between the many businesses that make up Wales’ plastics and paper sectors. It provides businesses with the opportunity to further enhance their understanding of the plastics and paper industries with the overarching aim of creating a plastics and paper circular economy within Wales.
- Recycled content in manufacturing
- Plastic Packaging
- Circular Economy Fund
- Manufacturers
- Organisations extending the life-time of products
The following organisations are available to support you:
These organisations can provide information and support on waste management to help you to contribute to the circular economy within Wales.
- Recycled content in manufacturing
- Plastic Packaging
- Circular Economy Fund
- Manufacturers
- Organisations extending the life-time of products
Getting Started
The demonstrations below show you how to get the information you need from the Materials Map.
- Recycled content in manufacturing
- Plastic Packaging
- Circular Economy Fund
- Manufacturers
- Organisations extending the life-time of products
Getting Started
The demonstrations below show you how to get the information you need from the Circular Materials Map.
- Recycled content in manufacturing
- Plastic Packaging
- Circular Economy Fund
- Manufacturers
- Organisations extending the life-time of products
Getting Started
The demonstrations below show you how to get the information you need from the Materials Map.
- Recycled content in manufacturing
- Plastic Packaging
- Circular Economy Fund
- Manufacturers
- Organisations extending the life-time of products
Getting Started
The demonstrations below show you how to get the information you need from the Materials Map.
- Recycled content in manufacturing
- Plastic Packaging
- Circular Economy Fund
- Manufacturers
- Organisations extending the life-time of products
- Circular Economy Fund
- Manufacturers