Tag: WRAP

Introducing the UK Textiles Pact from WRAP

Stuart Mitchell

Textiles 2030 is evolving into the UK Textiles Pact, a move which will bring the agreement in line with WRAP’s other flagship voluntary agreements, the UK Food & Drink Pact and the UK Plastics Pact. Launched in April 2021, Textiles 2030 builds on the success of the Sustainable Clothing Action Plan 2020 (SCAP 2020) which came before it.  Its transformation into the UK Textiles Pact comes just nine months after WRAP’s fresh rebrand put the climate action NGO on its newly focused global mission to drive forward Circular Living in…

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Recycle Week 2024 drives down missed capture as campaign gears up to change recycling behaviours even further in 2025

Stuart Mitchell

Recycle Week, the flagship annual event delivered by Recycle Now for 22 years, returns 22-28 September to collaborate with even more NGO’s, businesses, schools, local authorities and community groups and to inspire even more people to recycle.  Aiming to go beyond awareness-raising and drive citizen behaviour change, the evaluation of last year’s Recycle Week shows that the campaign reached an estimated 7.3 million people. Of these, around 2.9 million indicated they have changed their recycling habits due to the campaign. After Recycle Week 2024, Recycle Now found that the missed capture rate…

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WRAP begins process to appoint new CEO

Stuart Mitchell

WRAP, the global environmental action NGO, has started a process to appoint a new CEO. The existing CEO, Harriet Lamb, has resigned from the organisation to become the CEO of the Green Party of England and Wales. She will leave WRAP at the end of May. The Chair of WRAP, Sebastian Munden, said: “We are grateful to Harriet for all her work at WRAP and understand her decision to leave reflects a deeply held personal passion. She leaves the organisation on a strong footing with a highly capable management team…

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Buy loose, waste less: more than half of UK adults shopping for fresh fruit and veg prefer loose over packaged

Stuart Mitchell

Award-winning author, low waste chef and campaigner Max La Manna was this year’s Food Waste Action Week campaign ambassador. A recent Love Food Hate Waste survey indicates that UK adults who buy fresh fruit or vegetables prefer loose produce across 19 of the 21** fruits and vegetables included, and so does Max. He has brought to life the reality of how much pre-packaged fruit and vegetables (particularly potatoes) end up in the bin in a tongue in cheek home cooking video which demonstrates how ridiculous it is to throw away…

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Nature Recovery Project partners with WRAP to drive regenerative agricultural projects in key food sourcing areas

Stuart Mitchell

WRAP and Nature Recovery Project have joined forces to address one of the most pressing issues facing the planet – water security. Nature Recovery Project cemented the new partnership with a £1.14 million investment to support and accelerate essential work already underway in the UK, South Africa, Kenya, Spain and Peru through the Water Roadmap – managed by WRAP under the UK Food and Drink Pact. The funding will provide long-term support over the next four years to a number of existing collective action projects operating through WRAP’s Water Roadmap in…

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