Tag: WRAP

Hamilton County and WRAP America Launch Campaign to Put $800 Back in Residents’ Pockets

Stuart Mitchell

On September 29th, WRAP Americas partnered with Hamilton County ReSource’s Wasted Food Stops with Us to launch a dynamic consumer education campaign in honor of the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste. The goal: help families save money and reduce food waste, an issue that costs the average American $800 a year. This campaign goes beyond awareness. Through community events, social media, and partnerships with schools and businesses residents will gain access to practical tools like meal-planning guides, storage tips, and creative cooking strategies to waste less and save…

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WRAP sets out Commitment to Action for India at Clinton Global Initiative talks

Stuart Mitchell

Global environmental action NGO WRAP has been chosen to be part of the 2025 cohort of Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Commitment to Action Makers. Director of International Development David Rogers will brief delegates on WRAP‘s plans to reduce food waste in India, with support from partners Rainer Climate Group and the Food Pact Network. According to the World Resources Institute, India is one of the largest producers of food waste with approximately 78.2 million tonnes* of food going to waste each year, enough to feed 377 million people. Despite the…

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No more landfillings – all toothpaste tubes now recyclable for Recycle Week

Stuart Mitchell

Whether you’re a roller or a squeezer, the age-old question of what to do with the tube once every inch of toothpaste has been used has finally been answered. For Recycle Week 2025, the humble toothpaste tube has become recyclable and should head for the recycling and not the bin from now on, meaning fewer landfillings for the UK.  Each year more than 252 million tubes of fluoride fresh toothpaste are sold in the UK. Twice a day, millions of us brush our teeth—yet until now, those toothpaste tubes have…

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Recycling Roadmap for Flexible Plastics launches

Stuart Mitchell

A long-awaited solution to a major plastic recycling challenge has been revealed in a report and blueprint launched in Parliament this week. The report, titled “The Future of Recycling Flexible Plastic Packaging in the UK,” provides a comprehensive blueprint detailing how flexible plastics, such as food packaging, film, and carrier bags, can be cost-effectively collected and recycled. The report is the result of the three-year FlexCollect project which piloted different collection and processing methods for flexible plastics across 10 local authorities and 160,000 households across England. The work was led…

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Price is irrelevant when it comes to the durability of your t-shirt

Stuart Mitchell

A new academic study by the University of Leeds Institute of Textiles and Colour (LITAC) with global environmental action NGO WRAP has concluded that price has very little to do with the durability of most t-shirts sold in the UK, and that spending more money doesn’t guarantee the item will be more hard-wearing.   The findings were presented by PhD student Kate Baker to the Product Lifetimes and the Environment (PLATE) Conference in Aalborg, Denmark and were developed as part of a clothing durability project through the UK Textiles Pact – WRAP’s ten-year…

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