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Barriers to Recycling Summary Report
A summary of findings of the barriers people encounter in recycling at home.
Last modified: 11 months ago
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WRAP Business Plan 2008-2011
A lighter carbon footprint - the next steps to resource efficiency
Last modified: 1 year ago
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China Market Situation Report
This report examines the market for recovered paper and plastics. Including a special report on the downturn in exports to China in the autumn of 2008.
Last modified: 1 month ago
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Consumer attitudes to recycled material in electrical and electronic products
An assessment of consumer views on the use of recycled materials in electrical and electronic products, and the potential influence on purchasing decision.
Last modified: 8 months ago
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Environmental Benefits of Recycling - Full Report
An international review of life cycle comparisons for key materials in the UK Recycling Sector
Last modified: 3 years ago
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The food we waste
This report provides, for the first time, an objective assessment of the amounts and types of food we buy but don’t eat.
It is a call to action for government, retailers, food manufacturers, NGOs and all of us, in our role as consumers, to reduce the food we waste.
Last modified: 12 months ago
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Kerbside Recycling: Indicative Costs and Performance
The increase in national recycling rates achieved by local authorities since the publication of Waste Strategy 2000 has been impressive. The growth from 7% to 31% in 2006/07 has been achieved through a mixture of investment and ingenuity, but it has resulted in the creation of a number of different collection systems with many local variations. Although opinions about the merits of the different systems are often firmly held, there has so far been little objective evidence about their cost and effectiveness or about the quality of the material they produce or the implications for service standards to customers.
This report is intended to provide a systematic appraisal of the characteristics of the principal kerbside recycling collection systems looking at both their cost and effectiveness. WRAP will support this by further work looking at managing material quality within municipal recycling systems and how to underpin customer support for these new systems.
Last modified: 1 year ago
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Setting a requirement for waste minimisation and management
Achieving good practice waste minimisation and management (WMM) - exec level guidance overview document
Last modified: 1 year ago
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WRAP A financial assessment of recycling mixed plastics in the UK
Financial modelling and assessment of mixed plastics separation and reprocessing on a commercial scale in the UK.
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Case study - EC1 London Borough of Islington chute systems
EC1 New Deal for Communities and London Borough of Islington: pilot chute recycling systems in blocks of flats
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The Financial Costs of Collecting Mixed Plastics Packaging
The financial costs of collecting mixed plastics packaging.
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Report: Beverages Self Dispensing June 09
This report describes a project to investigate and scope the wider use and potential for implementing the self-dispensing of beverages (alcoholic and soft drinks) in-store in UK retail outlets. The concept is that with a self-dispensing
system that enables reuse of containers, it would be possible to reduce the consumption of beverage packaging, which currently amounts to approximately 1.3 million tonnes per annum in the UK household waste
stream. The aim of this research is to identify the feasibility of undertaking, and the outline framework for, trials
to test the concept.
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Designing out waste: a design team guide for buildings
This document provides information on the key principles that designers can use during the design process and how these principles can be applied to projects to maximise opportunities to Design out Waste.
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Carrier bags case studies, june 2009
Carrier Bag case studies
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WRAP case study - Exeter City Council MRF
Making the grade - Council-run recycling facility invests in hi-tech kit to maintain paper quality.
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Report: Packaging reductions in Bird's Eye frozen foods
Savings in household waste through the reduction of the folding box weight in Birds Eye’s frozen foods
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Assessing the costs and benefits of reducing waste in construction - cost benefit analysis summary report
A report summarising the findings of the cost benefit analyses carried on construction projects.
