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WRAP statement on PAS 9017 Plastics. Biodegradation of polyolefins in an open-air terrestrial environment

Stuart Mitchell

WRAP believes that Publicly Available Specifications (PAS) are helpful to industry by defining categories of products and helping to drive quality and support innovation. With any PAS it is important to understand its parameters.    WRAP was represented on the steering group for the development of PAS9017 ‘Biodegradation of polyolefins in an open-air terrestrial environment’ and the chance to make representations about issues it could foresee relating to the PAS.  WRAP is awaiting some further information with regards to these representations and at this time should clarify that WRAP being…

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Recycling and using up food are as much a part of our Christmas routine as falling asleep in front of James Bond

Stuart Mitchell

Analysis by WRAP of its Recycle Now and Love Food Hate Waste websites over Christmas 2019 reveal that the UK’s commitment to recycling and preventing food being wasted intensifies during the festive season. Many households even log-on during the big day to find out how to recycle a variety of common Christmas items, or for an inspiring tasty recipe to prevent leftover Christmas foods going to waste. Visits to Recycle Now between Christmas Day and New Year 2019 show a busy week for the UK as we began the Great…

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WRAP announces new Food Waste Action Week for 2021

Stuart Mitchell

WRAP will trailblaze a new week of action in March 2021 to wake the nation up to the environmental consequences of wasting food. The inaugural Food Waste Action Week will run from Monday 1 to Sunday 7 March 2021, and will bring together organisations from retailers to local authorities, restaurants to manufacturers, and beyond. WRAP will work with a variety of partners to show that wasted food is an issue that affects everyone – and the planet. Wasted food contributes 8–10% of total man-made greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and roughly…

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WRAP named a Global Alliance Partner of The Earthshot Prize

Stuart Mitchell

The Earthshot Prize was recently announced, it is stated as the most prestigious global environment prize in history, incentivising worldwide change with a decade of action to repair our planet. Wrap are extremely proud to be a Global Alliance Partner, and to have worked closely with The Royal Foundation on the development of The Earthshot Prize. This project will support the global effort to protect and restore the environment while also turning the current pessimism surrounding environmental issues into optimism, highlighting the ability of human ingenuity to bring about change.…

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WRAP Launches Recycling Tracker 2020

Stuart Mitchell

The latest Recycling Tracker, WRAP’s annual survey of UK households that gathers evidence on recycling attitudes, knowledge and behaviour, is published: https://www.wrap.org.uk/content/recycling-tracker-report-0 The survey, the largest and longest-running of its kind, undertook a total of 5,297 interviews in March 2020 (prior to the Covid-19 lockdown). Key findings are:  Overall levels of recycling are high and an established norm. Almost nine in ten (87 per cent) UK households say they ‘regularly’ recycle, in contrast to only just under one in ten (9 per cent) who recycle ‘occasionally’ and one in 25…

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