Resources
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
This Advisory Note is designed to provide advice to waste site designers, waste site operators, Welsh local authority drainage officers and sustainable drainage system (SuDS) approval bodies (SABs) on the application of SuDS requirements in Wales, specifically for waste sites.
- Collaborative Change Programme
- Collections & recycling
- Local Authorities
- National government and departments
- Non-governmental organisations
- Public sector
In 2021, the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA), The
National Lottery Community Fund (TNLCF), and Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA) commissioned social enterprise Ministry of Furniture (MoF), based in Port Talbot, South Wales, to fit out a new office space in Cardiff.
The project was commissioned via the Welsh Government Provision of Furniture Solutions Framework which has remanufactured and re-use as a core part its offering. The Framework was designed to enable Public Sector buyers in Wales to choose a more sustainable approach to sourcing items of furniture.
- Public Sector Procurement Support
- Manufacturers
- Public sector
- Organisations extending the life-time of products
This report, commissioned by Welsh Government, establishes food waste arisings in Wales in 2007 as a baseline for assessing progress against targets and discusses options for interventions that might support the Welsh Government target of halving food waste by 2025.
- Food and drink
- Local Authorities
- National government and departments
An estimated 80% of NHS Wales’ carbon footprint is directly linked to the goods and services they purchase. As part of a drive to shift the NHS towards more sustainable consumption, and cut carbon and waste, it is essential that items such as wheelchairs are maintained and used to their full potential.
- Public Sector Procurement Support
- Re-use and repair
- Public sector
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