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Increase your knowledge and develop your skills. We offer fully funded professional development for local authority staff.

The most helpful aspect of the course was the coursework - it wasn't just created for the course, but for the Council to take forward.  The course has changed the way the Council works. Resources (both staff and budget) are used more effectively and a partnership has developed.

Emma Cocksedge, Recycling Officer - Essex County Council

WRAP's Recycling Managers Training Programme is designed to support recycling and waste managers in local authorities and those from third sector organisations or private waste management companies who are directly involved in recycling and resource efficiency.

Our varied courses develop the knowledge and skills needed to assess the performance of collection systems, identify opportunities for efficiency gains and evaluate cost-effectiveness.  Courses help delegates to understand the factors that drive householder participation, and plan, deliver and monitor efficient recycling and waste prevention programmes.

If you would like to work with us to deliver a training course for your area please contact training@wrap.org.uk.

Delivery of the courses listed below is subject to continued support and funding.

Training courses

  • Recycling Managers Training Course - Phase 1

    This is a 3 day residential course.

    This course aims to equip participants with the knowledge and skills to develop, promote and monitor efficient schemes for the collection and sorting of materials from the household waste stream to meet end market requirements.

    28 Sep
    Birmingham (course full)
    23 Nov
    London
    01 Feb
    Bristol
    22 Mar
    Edinburgh

  • Reviewing and re-tendering your services

    This is a 3 day (11am start of first day) residential course

    This course aims to enable delegates to develop a contract that will deliver an efficient collection service based on a review and evaluation of the performance of the existing service.

    22 Feb
    Manchester
    05 Oct
    London
    02 Nov
    Edinburgh
    14 Dec
    Northern Ireland

  • Improving efficiency

    1 day non-residential course.

    This course aims to enable delegates to review services to evaluate performance, identify improvements and deliver an efficient recycling service.

    09 Nov
    Birmingham

  • Monitoring and evaluation

    This is a 2 day residential course.

    This course will enable delegates to plan and implement monitoring and evaluation to determine service efficiency and effectiveness.

    08 Dec
    Birmingham

  • Communications planning and design

    This is a 2.5 day residential course.

    This course aims to enable delegates to increase the efficiency of their collection schemes by developing a communications plan and improving the effectiveness of waste and recycling communication materials.
    05 Oct
    London (limited places)
    18 Jan
    Birmingham

  • Schools recycling schemes: improving performance

    This is a 1.5 day residential course.

    This course enables delegates to establish the performance of current recycling collection schemes for schools, review the schemes, plan and implement improvements that will increase the efficiency and sustain the improved performance of the schemes by planned communication with the schools.

    17 Nov
    Manchester

  • Working with the community sector

    This is a 1.5 day residential course.

    This course aims to enable delegates to develop effective partnership working with the voluntary and community sector to achieve efficient recycling and waste prevention services, as well as the wider social and environmental benefits.

    26 Jan
    Northern Ireland
    09 Feb
    London

  • Waste prevention: a strategic approach

    This is a 1.5 day residential course.

    This course aims to enable delegates to develop a waste prevention strategy that will guide the planning and delivery of efficient waste prevention activities.

    13 Oct
    Wales

  • Waste prevention: planning and delivery

    This is a 1.5 day residential course.

    This course draws on WRAP's Waste Prevention Toolkit, to provide delegates with the knowledge and understanding to enable them to deliver an effective waste prevention strategy, develop/improve action plans for the delivery of waste prevention activities, encourage the behavioural changes necessary for reductions in household waste arisings.  The course includes the monitoring and evaluation of the performance of waste prevention activities.
    06 Oct
    Northern Ireland
    01 Dec
    Birmingham

  • Recycle Now design

    This is a 1 day non residential course.

    This course helps delegates to increase the efficiency of their collection schemes by improving the design and development of local authority waste and recycling communications, leading to increased participation in recycling schemes.

Workshops & Seminars