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06 October 2008
As part of its strategy to reduce food waste, WRAP is calling for proposals from food industry partnerships to develop innovative solutions to food waste throughout the retail supply chain and in the home.
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28 July 2008
The grocery sector has ended packaging growth in the UK despite a sharp increase in sales, the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) said today.
Having worked with the UK’s top retailers and brands to achieve this target, the sector is now on track to cut food and packaging waste.
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19 June 2008
Consumers can now find out more about packaging on WRAP’s (Waste & Resources Action Programme) Recycle Now website. A new section has been added to the site www.recyclenow.com/packaging to provide information about the importance of packaging and highlight products with reduced packaging that are available on the high street.
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11 June 2008
WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) today (11 June 2008) announced a series of demanding targets as part of the new three-year Business Plan.
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20 May 2008
CO2 emissions have been cut by over 28,000 tonnes, equivalent to taking more than 8,500 cars off the road, as a result of the groundbreaking industry programme GlassRite Wine.
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08 May 2008
The cost of needlessly wasted food to UK households is £10 billion a year, £2 billion higher than previously estimated according to new research published today by WRAP.
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07 April 2008
A staggering 4.4 million* whole apples are being thrown away untouched every day in the UK, according to the latest figures from Love Food Hate Waste, WRAP’s (Waste & Resources Action Programme) campaign to tackle food being wasted in UK homes. The figures show that in total we bin nearly £3 billion worth of perfectly good fruit and vegetables each year.
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18 March 2008
WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) is co-ordinating a Seasonal Confectionery Industry Working Group – a group of confectionery manufacturers working to reduce packaging for seasonal products such as Easter eggs.
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13 March 2008
WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) has announced the results of the first UK study into the carbon impact of bottling wine in the UK in glass and PET bottles.
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10 March 2008
WRAP, the packaging and waste advisory body, said today a tax or levy on throwaway bags could help play a significant role in changing consumer behaviour by giving a major incentive to re-use bags for shopping.
