Latest news
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01 Feb 12
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 plastic packaging at ECO Plastics’ facility in Lincolnshire.
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30 Jan 12
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).
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19 Dec 11
£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.
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14 Nov 11
Re-use - new research shows so-fa so good, but so many more opportunities
Buying re-used items like sofas and TVs rather than buying new items is saving UK households around £1 billion a year and helping to create jobs - but this is just a fraction of the potential shown by ground breaking new research from WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) which will be launched tomorrow. One million sofas which the current owner has finished with are re-used in the UK every year, saving households over £320 million – but this is just 17% of the total number of sofas discarded each year. The environmental benefits of re-using one tonne of sofas are the same as recycling one tonne of plastics.
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09 Nov 11
WRAP drives innovation in anaerobic digestion
WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) has today opened two tender invitations to challenge the cost and efficiency of anaerobic digestion (AD) technology.
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22 Sep 11
Are we approaching the 'final frontier' of plastic recycling?
The findings from a series of trials funded by WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) show it could soon be possible to recycle almost all plastic packaging waste from the home.
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27 Jul 11
Gate Fees Report 2011
WRAP’s fourth annual Gate Fees Report, published today, highlights that gate fees at many MRF and AD facilities are now lower than at the time of the previous survey.
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11 Jul 11
Dorset dairy will run on energy distilled from food waste
Food waste from the production of cream, milk and fermented dairy products such as soft cheese and yogurt will be recycled to create enough energy to power most of the production process at BV Dairy in Dorset.
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01 Jul 11
Devon dairy launches anaerobic digestion facility to fuel clotted cream production
A Devonshire dairy officially opened a £3.4m anaerobic digestion (AD) facility today that will turn food waste from around the county into the energy helping to produce its clotted cream, ice cream crème fraiche and yoghurt.
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30 Jun 11
WRAP launches new Waste Prevention Loan Fund to encourage business models making better use of resources
Today, WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) is launching the new Waste Prevention Loan Fund (WPLF) as announced in the Government Review of Waste Policy in England 2011. The Waste Prevention Loan Fund aims to reduce waste at source by supporting organisations to introduce business models and processes which make more efficient use of material resources. Examples include product reuse, repair and upgrading services (e.g. through leasing), and materials recovery and reuse by the manufacturer.
