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Would you like to become a qualified Waste Prevention Advisor Volunteer for West Sussex
Are you passionate about waste prevention? Do you find yourself discussing the finer points of composting or food waste prevention when you are with friends? Then becoming a Waste Prevention Advisor Volunteer (WPA) is for you.
Business leaders, local and national government representatives, and environmental experts gathered in Belfast today to debate Northern Ireland’s role in combating climate change. The debate formed part of WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) Northern Ireland’s first Annual Conference, held at the Hilton Hotel, Templepatrick.
With the UK public predicted to spend £7.3bn on electricals in the run up to Christmas this year, a new survey from Recycle Now has revealed that more than a third of us (35 per cent) still believe we can’t recycle the small electrical and electronic goods we are replacing, such as kettles, games consoles, phones and garden power tools.
Love Food Hate Waste launches Freezer Expedition to seek out frozen foods.
The Waste Protocols Project, a joint Environment Agency and WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) initiative, has won the Better Regulation category at the UK's premier cross-industry awards - the National Business Awards.
The first piece of research into how materials resource efficiency could help to meet UK climate change targets was launched by WRAP yesterday, at its Annual Conference. The report shows that the efficient production and consumption of materials could contribute as much as 10% of the target reduction in UK domestic greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.
The UK’s first research into how resource efficiency¹ can help the UK meet its climate change targets will be published today (4 November). It shows that making better use of our natural resources could contribute as much as 10% of the target² reduction in UK domestic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2020.
A YouGov survey commissioned by WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) has found that the UK’s largest companies are cutting costs by being resource efficient.
The amount of meat and fish and its associated packaging ending up as waste in the UK retail supply chain is to be identified for the first time – and the team behind the research will also identify how to reduce it in order to realise cost savings and environmental benefits for the businesses participating.
Quality protocol certification scheme will give processors of tyre-derived rubber a competitive edge
Processors of tyre-derived rubber materials will have the quality of their products approved by joining a certification scheme that demonstrates their compliance with a new Quality Protocol published today by the Waste Protocols Project - a joint WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) and Environment Agency initiative.
The UK composting industry has experienced a period of strong growth, according to figures released today. The amount of waste composted in 2007/8 rose by nine per cent from the previous year and further growth is predicted in the annual WRAP and AFOR survey.
