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Resource efficiency

Good for business.
Good for the Environment.


UK businesses could save £6.4 billion* per year and help create and protect jobs by improving the way they use resources.
Reducing waste and using materials more efficiently could make your company more profitable

Resource efficiency is not just an environmental initiative, it is simply a question of good commercial sense. Waste costs money and by finding ways to reduce waste, your business could become more profitable.

Resource efficiency can secure your supply of resources

Help by sector

WRAP works closely with the following sectors to help them achieve the benefits of resource efficiency and share best practice:

  • Agriculture and landscaping
    Discover the benefits of using quality compost to improve soil quality and increase yields.
  • Construction
    Play your part - make real savings on construction projects and help the Construction industry halve waste to landfill by 2012. 
  • Recycling Industry
    Waste management contractors, materials recovery facility (MRF) operators, reprocessors and manufacturers using recycled products - sustain your business in tough economic climate.
  • Retail Supply Chain
    Achieve business benefits through using your resources more efficiency and by preventing product and packaging waste.
  • SME Businesses can cut their costs by becoming more resource efficient. WRAP has launched the Rethink Waste initiative to help manufacturers reduce waste and The Rippleffect initiative to help businesses improve their water efficiency.
Metro promotion to encourage recycling at work.

Recycle at Work

For many, recycling is the first step towards a resource efficiency journey. When you start to Recycle at Work, you will experience  many benefits that come with making your company a more environmentally conscious organisation.

Visit the Recycle at Work webpage for more information and to get started.

Useful links

DEFRA logoDefra
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - Waste and Recycling

 

Netregs logoNetRegs
Environmental guidance for your business

 

NISP LogoNational Industrial Symbiosis Programme (NISP)
Delivering bottom line, environmental and social benefits

 

Centre for Remanufacturing and ReuseCentre for Remanufacturing and Reuse
Advice, research and opinion on remanufacturing and reuse in the UK

* Quantification of the business benefits of resource efficiency' published by Defra, October 2007

Other useful resources