Latest news
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20 Aug 10
WRAP reports positive outlook for recycled plastic industry
The growth in plastics recycling can play a key role in driving the green economy according to a new report published today by WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme).
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19 Aug 10
WRAP BUSINESS ADVISORS TO SHARE EXPERT KNOWLEDGE AT RWM 2010
Business advisors from WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) will be available at this year’s Recycling and Waste Management Exhibition (RWM) to offer recyclers and reprocessors free, practical assistance for their recycling business, ranging from business planning and market information, through to technical support, access to funding for equipment and much more. The event takes place at the NEC, Birmingham from Tuesday 14th to Thursday 16th September.
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29 Jul 10
Recycling should be high on the agenda as landfill taxes pinch
With incineration and landfill charges remaining high a WRAP report confirms recycling should be the first option for local authorities to look at in dealing with waste. The third annual Gate Fees Report from WRAP underlines the financial and environmental benefits of recycling or composting wastes wherever possible.
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20 Jul 10
WRAP boosts recycling of yoghurt pots and food trays with launch of new mixed plastics loan fund
WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) is today (20th July 2010) launching a new Mixed Plastics Loan Fund worth £2million to boost reprocessing in the UK of plastics like yoghurt pots, margarine tubs and rigid plastic food trays.
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07 Jul 10
InSource Energy to power Premier Foods factory from its own food waste in project supported by WRAP Cymru
Media interviews available with: Peter Webster from WRAP Cymru and John Scott from InSource Energy
InSource Energy has marked the start of work on Wales’s first commercial-scale anaerobic digestion plant at Premier Foods Plc’s RF Brookes ready meals factory in Rogerstone, Newport with a ceremony held today (Wednesday July 7th) attended by Jane Davidson AM, Minister for Environment in Wales.
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30 Jun 10
West Midlands grants and business support will help industry divert an additional 2 million tonnes of waste from landfill
Grants and funded business development support worth nearly £2 million will enable businesses in the West Midlands to divert an additional 2 million tonnes of commercial and industrial (C&I) waste from landfill by 2014.
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18 May 10
£3m Anaerobic Digestion plant opens on farm
A WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) supported £3m Anaerobic Digestion (AD) plant has opened on a Staffordshire farm. The plant will supply 1.3MW per year of renewable energy to the National Grid - enough to power more than 1,300 homes and businesses.
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29 Mar 10
WRAP launches novel projects to explore SME recycling opportunities
Two pilot projects will explore new ways to overcome barriers to recycling for small and medium sized enterprises.
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18 Mar 10
Restrictions to landfill could save money and the environment, says new WRAP report
Restricting some types of rubbish from landfill could deliver significant benefits to the UK – saving as much as £8.25 billion and 189 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions by 2024.
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01 Mar 10
Wales to host important anaerobic digestate trials focusing on landscape regeneration
Wales will host a number of pioneering trials designed by WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) to investigate the commercial potential for using BSI PAS 100 compost and anaerobic digestate in new landscape and brownfield regeneration projects.
