Tag: WRAP

WRAP has unveiled a new reusable and refillable packaging guide for UK retailers and brands and the value chain. The guide will help businesses assess their current packaging portfolio and identify the opportunities to move away from single use plastics to reusable and refillable packaging.  Recycling alone will not solve the devastating impacts linked to excessive product packaging and expanding the UK’s reusable and refillable portfolio is a crucial aim of the UK Plastics Pact – the first of twelve international Plastics Pacts operating around the world. Reuse and refill will…

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WRAP is excited to unveil their new data stories platform – a whole new way of bringing their food waste research to life. This is the first time that it will be possible for existing household food waste statistics (from 2021/2022) to be investigated in a visual way, with interactive charts and graphs.   Data stories will provide an alternative new way for WRAP’s research to be presented and shared. initially the tool presents household food waste research. In the UK, WRAP estimates total food waste in 2021 at 10.7 million…

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With an estimated 210,000 fans expected to attend Glastonbury – double the population of the nearby city of Bath – environmental campaign Recycle Now is advising some simple steps for anyone attending a festival to cut their festival footprint and have a greener experience. Craig Stephens, Senior Campaign Manager Recycle Now – WRAP, “The UK has some of the best music festivals in the world, and we’re already seeing another incredible summer of live music unfold. Festival organisers have a key part to play in preparing for a more eco-conscious…

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New WRAP research shows people are putting almost half (49%) of all used textiles in the rubbish bin. On average, each person in the UK throws a shocking 35 items of unwanted textiles straight into general waste every year. Meanwhile, the textiles that do get donated responsibly have plummeted in price due to saturation of low-quality fast fashion on the market, resulting in less income for reuse and recycling sectors. WRAP urges key partners across brands, retailers, investors and governments to support the UK’s textiles reuse and recycling sector through…

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In a significant move to tackle the impact that businesses and people have on the environment through unsustainable production, consumption and waste, climate action NGO WRAP has opened a key office in Washinton DC. The new office, led by Executive Director Leah Karrer, will coordinate action on food waste, plastic pollution, and textile waste right across South, Central and North America – from the foot of Chile to the top of Canada.   Leah Karrer, Executive Director of WRAP in the Americas, said “I am thrilled to scale-up WRAP’s work…

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