The view from WRAP

  • Androids, i-Phones, fruit machines and food waste

    By: Dr Liz Goodwin, CEO, WRAP Posted: 24 Jan 2012
    The issue of food waste continues to stimulate discussion and debate, and not just here in the UK. Only yesterday, there was wide coverage of the EU’s desire to halve food waste by member states by 2025 (the EU estimates that around 89 million tonnes of food is wasted each year). Of course, this topic is close to WRAP’s heart and just three months ago, we were able to release our latest research...
  • London 2012, a waste-free games and the three ’Rs

    By: Dr Liz Goodwin, CEO, WRAP Posted: 12 Jan 2012
    There are, I’m told, at the time of writing, just 198 days left and counting until the start of the much-heralded London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. It seems like only yesterday that the organising committee was celebrating being awarded the Games.  I remember I was in London that day, close to Trafalgar Square, so went to hear the result being announced. Today, huge progress has...