Key reports
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Plastic Film Kerbside Collection Trial 2021
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Compositional Analyses of Municipal Waste and Litter in Wales
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Recycling Tracking Survey in Wales: 2023 report
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Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) Advisory Note (Report)
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Noise Exposure in Glass Recycling Collection – Further Measurements
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Composition of Textiles in Wales
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Preparing for re-use: a roadmap for a paradigm shift in Wales
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Collections Blueprint
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Material Stream Icons
Useful websites
- Local Authority Waste and Recycling Information Portal. This Portal provides access to data on local authority recycling and waste services in the UK, including performance benchmarks for kerbside dry recycling, organic and residual waste collections. It also allows local authorities to update scheme information, which links through to Wales Recycles’ Recycling Locator (mentioned below). WRAP Cymru’s Collaborative Change Programme (CCP) team manages the information presented here on behalf of authorities in Wales.
- Wales Recycles’ Recycling Locator. This online search facility allows citizens to find out what they can recycle at home or in their local area. The information presented reflects the scheme information saved on the Local Authority Waste and Recycling Information Portal (mentioned above).
- My Recycling Wales. This website allows citizens to browse Welsh local authorities and see what happens to their waste across the UK, and even around the world.
- Collections Blueprint: Best Practice in High Diversion. This website holds case studies that illustrate how, through adoption of Welsh Government’s Collections Blueprint, local authorities are achieving greater consistency of service across Wales and delivering on the ambitious targets set out in Welsh Government’s 'Beyond recycling' strategy.
If you have a question about any of these websites, or you’d like to amend the information shown for your local authority, please email CCP@wrap.org.uk
Other related websites
- Welsh Government: Recycling and waste
- Welsh Government: Recycling, waste and the circular economy
- Welsh Local Government Association