Tag: WRAP

Is the Circular Economy prejudiced?

Stuart Mitchell

WRAP calls for policies to scale up UK’s circular economy and address inequality. UK circular economy dominated by men – only one in four jobs go to women. More women in lowest paid roles – predominately second-hand sales. WRAP calls for action to address inequality in the circular economy. On Gender Equality Day at COP28 – with the Guardian reporting that only 15 out of the 133 world leaders participating in this year’s COP28 are women (11%) – climate action NGO WRAP points to disturbing data from the Office of…

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eBay and WRAP launch Circular Change Council with leading UK retailers to promote non-new furniture and tackle furniture waste

Stuart Mitchell

As part of its continued drive to positively influence how people shop,  eBay UK, in partnership with WRAP, announces the launch of the Circular Change Council, an action-focused homeware industry collective aiming to increase circularity in the furniture industry and help reduce furniture waste. The industry-first collective features founding partners eBay UK and global climate action NGO WRAP alongside major brands including IKEA UK&IE, George at ASDA, Very, Sainsbury’s, Simba, Dunelm, British Retail Consortium and the British Heart Foundation. The new Council aims to increase circularity in the furniture industry…

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Radical investment strategy to support smart tech and AI startups in the circular economy of plastics

Stuart Mitchell

Ahead of the incoming Global Plastics Treaty in 2024, a radical new investment strategy is launched today to bring to market the next generation of burgeoning AI and new tech companies recycling problematic plastics, and support the global drive for a Circular Economy in plastics. The Circular Plastics Accelerator is launched via the Accelerating Growth Fund, a subsidiary of international climate action NGO WRAP, in partnership with Archipelago Ventures. The Circular Plastics Accelerator is an LLP with a five-to-ten-year investment horizon, and unique in not only providing financial support to…

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WRAP puts food waste on ice: more chilled and frozen food redistributed

Stuart Mitchell

On International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste 2023 in September, climate action NGO, WRAP, announces its annual UK Surplus Food Redistribution data. 2022 showed solid progress with approximately 170,000 tonnes of surplus food being received by redistribution organisations equating to just over 400 million meals with a value of more than £590 million. WRAP is working on projects with several redistribution organisations. One example is a refrigeration project at The Felix Project’s Poplar site in London (funded by Defra, under the Resource Action Fund) which aims to…

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Floating voters drawn to recycling manifesto commitments

Stuart Mitchell

A survey of more than 1,000 UK adults conducted by climate action NGO WRAP has found that voters are more likely to vote for a political party if it includes policies on recycling and reuse in its manifesto. Two in five (38%) of those surveyed want to see an expansion in the range of materials collected for recycling – a figure that rises to 46% in Scotland. For voters who base their decision on manifesto policies, 41% of these voters want to see recycling expanded. But it is voters who…

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