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21 May 2012
New WRAP trials seek to develop end markets for digestate
Trials funded by WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) aim to establish new markets for the use of digestate in the landscape and regeneration sectors. -
11 May 2012
HRH Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay, opens SSE’s Barkip AD Plant
HRH The Prince Charles, Duke of Rothesay, officially opened SSE’s innovative Anaerobic Digestion (AD) plant at Barkip near Beith in North Ayrshire today. -
10 May 2012
New waste regulations for Scotland
Edinburgh retailers, Glasgow restaurants, and Alloa industrial parks are amongst businesses in Scotland who are joining forces to recycle more and save on costs. -
10 May 2012
WRAP launches guide on household rigid plastic packaging collections
New guidance for local authorities, launched today by WRAP, offers potential for environmental and economic quick wins through collecting rigid plastic packaging (pots, tubs and trays) and the... -
18 Apr 2012
Developers wanted to showcase resource efficiency in house-building
An opportunity to work in partnership with Zero Waste Scotland to design and build an exemplar housing model to showcase how the latest principles in resource efficiency can be applied in house-... -
4 Apr 2012
Scots urged to go greener this Easter
Packaging created by around seven million Easter eggs set to be bought in Scotland this year will weigh the equivalent of more than 200,000 Easter bunnies, it has been revealed today (4 April 2012).... -
3 Apr 2012
Food waste will fertilise flower displays at Gardening Scotland – and save gardeners money
Zero Waste Scotland announces partnership working with Gardening Scotland’s Cookery Theatre -
2 Apr 2012
Confidence boost for waste wood recyclers and their customers
A specification which sets quality requirements for wood recyclers selling products to markets using recovered wood has been launched today by WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme). -
1 Apr 2012
Website serves up recipe to save Scottish householders some dough
Cash conscious householders in Scotland looking to save some money in the current climate will be pleased to hear about a new-look website which is geared to help save them up to £430 per year by... -
1 Apr 2012
58,500 Scots already signed up to tackle nations litter problem – will you join them?
A campaign to support communities in their effort to tackle litter - one of the most commonly perceived problems affecting Scottish neighbourhoods and communities - gets underway this weekend.Cabinet... -
14 Mar 2012
Scotland takes action to rid roads and rail stations of litter
Minister for Transport launches national Transport Litter Day of Action.Litter louts across the country will be tackled today (15 March 2012), as a national clean up and clamp-down gets underway to... -
1 Mar 2012
Re Pet expansion plans get boost from WRAP fund
County Durham-based plastics waste recycling company Re Pet is to expand its operations after securing second round investment support, including £100,000 from the WRAP Accelerating Growth Fund. -
15 Feb 2012
Business Recycling and Waste Services Commitment Workshop
A workshop dedicated to the Local Authority Business Recycling and Waste Services Commitment is to be held in London later this month. Organised by WRAP as part of the EPOW programme (European... -
2 Feb 2012
New hotline to help us ‘gift on’ the good stuff
A new freephone hotline which aims to make it easier for people across many parts of Scotland to donate quality, unwanted goods - like furniture, working electrical items, and clothing - for re-use... -
1 Feb 2012
Further boost to plastics recycling
WRAP is delighted to announce that the UK’s capability to recycle plastic packaging has been given a further boost this week with funding provided to recycle an additional 15,000 tonnes of rigid... -
30 Jan 2012
New WRAP guide launched to help local authorities boost plastic bottle recycling
A new technical guide that aims to help local authorities increase plastic bottle recycling rates has been launched today by WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme). -
23 Jan 2012
New fund launched to help small businesses work together to recycle more
Zero Waste Scotland has launched a new support fund today which aims to make it easier for small businesses to identify and take forward innovative and cost-effective solutions to help them recycle... -
12 Jan 2012
Malaby Biogas is first to benefit from WRAP AD Loan Fund
Wiltshire-based company Malaby Biogas has become the first recipient of a loan from a £10m anaerobic digestion fund launched in July last year by Defra and administered by WRAP. -
19 Dec 2011
£500,000 fund to support business food waste collections in England
A fund of half a million pounds was today launched to support demonstration projects which encourage the collection of food waste from businesses and public sector buildings. -
12 Dec 2011
Product re-use could hold key to issues of resource security, says WRAP
Growth of the world’s emerging economies, and a corresponding increase in the consumption of the raw materials needed for the manufacture of goods and services means that resource security is an...
