Packaging

Design tips for better recyclability of paper and board packaging

To enable reprocessing using standard pulping technology.

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PlasticFlow 2025

Plastic Packaging Flow Data Report

Making rigid plastic packaging more recyclable

Design tips for recycling

The UK Plastics Pact

Transforming the way that the UK makes, uses and disposes of plastic

Design tips for better recyclability of paper and board packaging

To enable reprocessing using standard pulping technology.

Key plastics reports

Explore our key plastics guidance and reports.

Packaging - material choice

Choosing the right material is complex

Research and reports - grocery sector

Building knowledge on resource efficiency and cost savings

Re-think the product

Consider the many different ways the product can be delivered and used

Packaging - grocery sector

Optimising packaging

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The Hospitality and Food Service Agreement: Taking Action on Waste (final report)

The final report of achievements by signatories to the Hospitality and Foods Service Agreement (HaFSA).

New guidance to address confusion over compostable plastic packaging

Compostable plastics could be particularly useful for flexible packaging which contains food residue
Rigid compostable...

New report shows where UK Plastics Pact members stand against targets, and where future challenges lie

WRAP has today published its first annual report and baseline data for...

Updated report brings clarity to market situation for UK recovered plastics

The latest data and in-depth information about UK plastics recycling and reprocessing is published today by WRAP in an updated Plastics...

Food Waste Reduction Roadmap accelerates journey to halving food waste by 2030

One year on from the launch of WRAP and IGD’s Food Waste Reduction Roadmap, and 156 UK food businesses have now...

Wood Flow 2025 – Wood Packaging Flow Data Report

The estimated quantity of wood packaging placed on the market & recycled from 2017 to 2025 and the probability of compliance with...

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On-Pack Recycling Label

The On-Pack Recycling Label (OPRL) scheme was launched in March 2009 in response to research that identified a need to communicate...

Packaging Optimisation for SMEs

This guide explains the basics of packaging optimisation and will help you develop an action plan to save money and the environment’s...

The Milk Model: Simulating food waste in the home

January 2013

This report describes research that models the impact of purchases and consumption on waste levels. The model...

Waste Mapping: Your Route to More Profit

In UK businesses, the true cost of waste can be up to 4% of turnover. However, resource efficiency initiatives have shown that by...

Reducing food waste - how packaging can help

Small changes in behaviour and continued innovation around packaging keeps food fresher for longer, saves money and reduces waste.

Food grade recycled polypropylene (rPP) in packaging

WRAP is working in partnership with industry to develop a viable process to improve the identification and sorting of post-consumer...