Eligibility
Details of the eligibility criteria for WRAP business development services are listed below. Please note that this applies to England only. Organisations in Wales should contact WRAP Cymru and organisations in Scotland should contact Zero Waste Scotland.
Size of Business
To receive support from the majority of our services you must be a Small or Medium sized Enterprise (SME). However, support through eQuip and AWM Capital grants may also be available to larger companies.
The company must be no more than 25% owned by one enterprise (or jointly by several enterprises) that is NOT a small or medium sized enterprise (SME).
The definition of a SME is a business with fewer than 250 employees and either a total turnover of less than £42 million or a balance sheet total (net worth) of less than £36 million.
Business Activity
- You must be a reprocessing or collection business operating in (or a start-up business planning to operate in) the UK recycling sector and recycling one or more of the following materials: food waste; glass; mixed plastics; textiles (carpets, clothes and mattresses), WEEE or wood (lower grade);
- The waste that you are recycling must mainly be derived from the UK's waste stream.
Exclusions
WRAP business development services are not available to companies whose principal activities are the recycling of materials other than those listed above.
