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WRAP is delighted to announce that the UK’s capability to recycle plastic packaging has been given a further boost this week with funding provided to recycle an additional 15,000 tonnes of rigid plastic packaging at ECO Plastics’ facility in Lincolnshire.
A new technical guide that aims to help local authorities increase plastic bottle recycling rates has been launched today by WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme).
A fund of half a million pounds was today launched to support demonstration projects which encourage the collection of food waste from businesses and public sector buildings.
Growth of the world’s emerging economies, and a corresponding increase in the consumption of the raw materials needed for the manufacture of goods and services means that resource security is an issue of increasing importance for the UK.
Almost a quarter of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) thrown out each year by consumers could be reused, generating more than £220 million in the process, according to new research released today by WRAP.
Businesses taking action on water efficiency can save around 30 per cent on their water bills and help maintain security of supply.
WRAP today announces that grocery retailers and manufacturers in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, are making significant progress in meeting the ambitious waste and recycling targets set out in phase 2 of the Courtauld Commitment.
A new set of ‘reuse’ protocols launched by WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) will underpin efforts to cut the half a million tonnes of WEEE thrown away each year.
Speaking at WRAP’s annual conference today, Chief Executive Dr Liz Goodwin published results of the organisation’s work over the past three years and set out its future agenda.
Buying re-used items like sofas and TVs rather than buying new items is saving UK households around £1 billion a year and helping to create jobs - but this is just a fraction of the potential shown by ground breaking new research from WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) which will be launched tomorrow. One million sofas which the current owner has finished with are re-used in the UK every year, saving households over £320 million pounds – but this is just 17% of the total number of sofas discarded each year. The environmental benefits of re-using one tonne of sofas are the same as recycling one tonne of plastics.
