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5 Dec 2018
WRAP Global awarded $250,000 Roddenberry Prize to cut food waste in Mexico City
WRAP Global, the international arm of WRAP working globally to expand the organisation’s resource efficiency programmes, has received key funding from The Roddenberry Prize to develop a bespoke... -
15 Nov 2018
WRAP signposts way towards sustainable use of plastics
Key actions businesses should take to help curb the situation of plastic packaging polluting the environment have been laid out by WRAP in The UK Plastics Pact Roadmap to 2025, published today. -
6 Nov 2018
WRAP comes up with a winning formula to tackle milk waste
A new report from the UK’s leading sustainability experts WRAP shows for the first time the scale of milk wastes across the food chain, from processing to our homes, and highlights ways we can... -
5 Nov 2018
London schools project named one of world’s most inspiring
A London schools programme aimed at instilling messages about healthy sustainable eating, preventing food waste and recycling unavoidable food waste, has been named one of the world’s ten most... -
23 Oct 2018
Courtauld Commitment 2025 winner of prestigious international award
WRAP’s Courtauld Commitment 2025 beat competition from around the world to win the inaugural global ‘State-of-the-Art Partnership of the Year Award’ at the P4G Copenhagen Summit on Saturday. The... -
12 Oct 2018
£1.4 million UK Circular Plastics Flagship Projects Competition launched at inaugural UK Plastics Pact Summit
£1.4 million competition to support creative business ideas to stop plastic being thrown away.New WRAP reports show stakeholders opportunities to improve plastic use and recycling.First UK Plastics... -
25 Sep 2018
A world first: UK food industry commits to a landmark roadmap to halve food waste
Businesses take the lead to drive down UK’s annual £20 billion food waste bill, equivalent to more than £300 per UK citizen. All major retailers and 50% of larger food businesses to Target-... -
20 Sep 2018
Recycle Week to capitalise on citizens’ surge in environmental concerns
From Blue Planet II, to major developments towards reducing unnecessary plastic, this year people have been motivated to care about the environment in a way they never have before. Recycle Now will... -
16 Jul 2018
£500,000 will help local charities provide the equivalent of six million meals to people in need as food redistribution rates rise sharply
Eight charities and not-for-profit groups will receive grants from the Government’s £500,000 Food Waste Reduction Fund, administered by WRAP, to provide essential resources needed to expand their... -
22 May 2018
WRAP restates UK food waste figures to support united global action
Figures for the levels of UK food waste have been restated by WRAP, the UK’s leading sustainability body, as part of a drive for greater international consistency in measurement, reporting and action... -
15 May 2018
WRAP, INCPEN and ACP present recommendations on packaging regulatory reform
WRAP, INCPEN and ACP present recommendations on packaging regulatory reform -
26 Apr 2018
UK businesses make world-leading pact to tackle plastic pollution
Unnecessary single-use plastic packaging will be a thing of the past as businesses sign up to a world-first pact, which aims to transform the plastic packaging system in the UK and keep plastic in... -
22 Mar 2018
Businesses commit to Courtauld Commitment 2025 Water Ambition to cut environmental cost of food & drink
The impact on the environment of producing food and drink, both in the UK and overseas, will be reduced under a new Water Ambition launched today by sustainability experts WRAP, in partnership with... -
22 Feb 2018
WRAP adds momentum to plastic waste fight with new Recycle Now campaign
Recycle Now, the national campaign managed by WRAP, is today (22 February) unveiling a series of hard-hitting digital images and messages aimed at encouraging consumers to recycle more and prevent... -
31 Jan 2018
£500,000 fund opens to increase surplus food redistribution in England
Environment Minister Thérèse Coffey outlined the criteria of the Food Waste Reduction Fund at today’s Courtauld Commitment 2025 Signatory Summit, held in London. -
17 Jan 2018
Chief executive announces changes at WRAP
Marcus Gover, Chief Executive of WRAP, has announced proposals to make fundamental changes to the organisation. The changes will ensure WRAP can continue to drive sustainable production and... -
11 Jan 2018
New initiative to transform UK plastics system and tackle plastic pollution
A new and unique collaborative initiative will help turn the tide on the UK’s growing issue of plastic waste. -
21 Dec 2017
New Food Waste Reduction Fund will help charities feed people
A new £500,000 fund for charities is being launched today to support the redistribution of quality surplus food to people in need, throughout England. -
6 Dec 2017
Courtauld 2025 Year One – setting the foundations for change
WRAP today announced the names of twenty-four new signatories to the Courtauld Commitment 2025 (Courtauld 2025), as the sustainability body published its first Review of work underway through the... -
29 Nov 2017
WRAP calls time on confusing date labels and introduces the little blue fridge
The way our food is labelled is set to change to give shoppers simpler, more consistent storage and date label advice. The move is to help tackle the two million tonnes of food wasted each year in UK...
