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Unlocking the Future of Plastic Film Recycling in the UK: A Groundbreaking Trial

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.

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.  

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.  

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.  

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.

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.

Getting Started

The demonstrations below show you how to get the information you need from the Materials Map. 

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.

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.

Getting Started

The demonstrations below show you how to get the information you need from the Materials Map.