Organisation helping businesses and individuals reduce waste, develop sustainable products and use resources in an efficient way. The focus is on packaging, ...
Link: wrap.org.uk
A number of businesses are already trialling the best practices recommended in this guide. Find out more about their work below. ASOS After identifying an issue with the blind felled hems on its tailored garments and their tendency to fail after washing or wearing, ASOS worked with WR...
With one third of all food produced on this planet wasted or lost, food waste is a colossal challenge we can’t afford to ignore. Neither can businesses, municipalities, and governments afford to ignore our new report, co-authored with the World Resources Institute, on behalf of Champi...
WRAP, the food waste experts that work with governments, businesses, local authorities and consumers to reduce waste, is calling for everyone to ‘Unite in the food waste fight.’ Building on the success of its work with food manufacturers and retailers that have already cut 219,000 ton...
The manufacturing and retail target was met in full meaning grocery ingredient, product and packaging waste is down 3%. This equates to 219,000 tonnes of food and packaging waste prevented and representing a CO2e saving of 555,000 tonnes over the lifetime of the commitment; the value ...
Thanks to the new signatories who have signed since its March launch, Courtauld 2025 now includes food & drink businesses representing 95% of the 2016 UK food retail market – as well as many leading brands, manufacturers and hospitality & food service companies. David Moon, head of su...
By 2025 packaging is designed to be recyclable, where practical and environmentally beneficial, and is labelled clearly to indicate whether it can be recycled or not. Every household in England can recycle a common set of dry recyclable materials and food waste, collected in one of th...
How will we achieve the targets? Courtauld 2025 signatories will inspire action and evoke change across four themes Embed new criteria into design, buying and sourcing Optimise whole supply chain to produce more with less Help people get more value from the food and drink they buy Fin...
The ‘Framework for Greater Consistency in Household Recycling for England’ developed by an advisory group of representatives from across the sector2 , and supported by Defra and DCLG, offers the opportunity to increase recycling, improve the quality of recycled materials and offer a c...
