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A third of global GHG emissions comes from the food system. Globally, 25–30% of total food produced is lost or wasted. Our research estimates 10.7 million tonnes of food was wasted in the UK in 2021, 6.4 million tonnes coming from households. To reduce #FoodWaste we need to reduce what is wasted in our homes. We are working from farm to fork to transform the global food system, leading the way in tackling food loss and waste, reducing GHG emissions and water use. Discover more key findings from our research: https://lnkd.in/d98xvz8X

Great news, we have a new sponsor for #RecycleWeek. 🎉 Thank you Tesco for sponsoring us! The campaign will run from 14-20 October, focusing on rescuing recyclable items from the rubbish bin when they could’ve been recycled. By recycling at least one extra item as part of our daily recycling routine will make a huge difference! Discover how you can get involved: https://lnkd.in/dQkqzn26

11 million tonnes of plastic enter our oceans every year, yet plastic production is set to double in the next decade. Increasing reuse and refill is vital to reducing pollution, but achieving impactful scale requires collaboration across the entire packaging value chain. Through the #UKPlasticsPact, we facilitate this collaboration. Today we’re launching two new guides to help brands and retailers in their decision making and planning, with tools to identify reuse and refill opportunities in their packaging portfolios. We also have new funding to add reuse and refill stations to our Recycle Locator, encouraging consumer participation and higher return rates. Together, we can make reuse and refill mainstream. Download our new report: https://lnkd.in/ewB233FT

There are tactics that can make the job of #decluttering your house of unwanted items easier, according to Hearst UK's Good Housekeeping magazine. From #Textiles to books and DVDs, they provide their top tips and advice on how to deal with each of them: https://lnkd.in/egbePBpW

What does a ‘Universal Culture of Repair and Re-use' mean in practice? We need your views, ideas, challenges and suggestions on what steps need to be taken by all Welsh residents, businesses and organisations to become a universal culture of repair and re-use. We recognise the urgent need for repair and re-use practices in the face of environmental and resource challenges. Wales is ranked second in the world for recycling, so let’s continue our efforts and set the blueprint globally for repair and re-use. Consultation is now open. Share your opinion: https://lnkd.in/eBACs-7R WRAP will be hosting an online webinar from 14:00-15:00 on Wednesday 31 July to present the routemap consultation. To register: https://lnkd.in/egNxC7Vv

What day we had at the #UKPlasticsPactAnnualSummit2024 last week. We loved seeing the open conversation and active collaboration mentioned continuously throughout the day come to life. Here are a few highlights of the day: ♻️ The Recycle Week 2024 theme “Rescue Me” was announced 🗑️ There were highly engaged roundtables tackling the challenges with flexible packaging with key themes of effective EPR and consumer behaviour ↗️ The Scaling Reuse panel emphasising a need for a new perspective and collaboration across the whole value chain, aspiring to the idea of “reuse cities" 🎥 Eleanor Church Lark Rise Pictures presented the trailer for X Trillion – a documentary which follows 14 women travelling 3000 nautical miles to explore the impacts of plastic in the ocean ✋ The day closed with a Q&A with Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - a week into our new government, the panelists gave the room a real sense of optimism for what's ahead With over 120 members sharing knowledge and engaging in critical discussion, we’d like to say a huge thank you to all our attendees, speakers and exhibitors for being a part of the day. Without you, the Summit wouldn’t have been as energetic or engaging as it was. We hope you found the day as inspiring and worthwhile as we did. Discover more about the work of the UK Plastics Pact: https://lnkd.in/eHcTKU7y Thank you to Ali Spaul for producing such a great visual output for us from the day. #CircularEconomy #Plastics #Recycling #Reuse #elimination Harriet Lamb Sebastian Munden Catherine David Helen Bird Louis Lindenberg CEFLEX - A Circular Economy for Flexible Packaging Cher Mereweather Peter Skelton Joseph Muscat Haleon Catherine Loader John Lewis & Partners Madeleine Barr Lidl GB Thomas Merry SUEZ UK James Bull Tesco Lowelle Bryan Catherine Conway GoUnpackaged Jolanda de Rooij Unilever Sam J.-Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Emma Bourne Margaret Bates William Blomefield Mars

Globally, 25–30% of total food produced is lost or wasted. We are working from farm to fork to transform the global food system, leading the way in tackling food loss and waste, reducing GHG emissions and water use. Reducing food waste is essential for achieving #NetZero. By working with IGD (Institute of Grocery Distribution) and EY, we hope that collaboration across UK food and farming industry on an integrated transition plan will mobilise the UK food system towards net-zero. https://lnkd.in/eigSkdCh

Do you home compost? As well as being beneficial for your garden, #Composting is a great way to make use of your home #FoodWaste. Even if you don't have space for a large compost patch, a plastic box with airholes is all you need. Just remember to open up your teabags before emptying into your compost: https://lnkd.in/ehFJYppN

Flexible plastic packaging represents over 27% of all UK consumer plastic packaging, but only 7% is currently recycled. This is a critical issue that requires urgent action. “The system for handling flexible plastic packaging is failing. It is imperative that we design out unneeded plastic film and address the fundamental economics of recycling the film required through innovation and automation. Doing nothing is not an option," Sebastian Munden, WRAP Chair. Our updated roadmap outlines the critical actions needed across the value chain to move towards a circular economy. It focuses on three key areas: 1. Design 2. Collections & Communications 3. Sorting, Processing & End Markets This roadmap aims to help UK Plastics Pact members accelerate progress towards our targets: 100% of plastic packaging to be reusable, recyclable, or compostable, and 70% of plastic packaging effectively recycled or composted. Read our revised roadmap: https://lnkd.in/eDfqPsbT #UKPlasticsPact #PlasticPackaging

"We are only catching up with what municipalities across the globe are doing. When I go abroad and when I visit other countries, they are blown away that we still use plastic bags,” New York Mayor, Eric Adams. He announced a “trash revolution” as he strolled out of his house and placed a bag of rubbish in his new NYC branded wheelie bin. Previously, New York City residents were in the habit of placing black bin bags of household rubbish on the street to await collection by NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY). But, from November, smaller buildings, containing 1-9 residential units, will be required to place their rubbish in standardised bins, facing penalties for non-compliance. The city hopes this will take 70% of their 14 billion annual pounds of waste off the roadside and into containers. In addition to the standard black waste bins, residents are also able to purchase additional recycling and composting bins. But these are only recommended, and not currently required. This is a definite move in the right direction, but there’s a long way to go before the USA catches up with the top recycling countries in the world. According to Eunomia Research & Consulting's Global Recycling League Table, #Wales is sitting at #2 in the world, while the USA fails to feature in the top 20 out of the 48 countries included in the comparison. Discover how Wales is hoping to achieve #1 in the world for #Recycling via #WalesRecycles: https://lnkd.in/evgr3NfB Find out what we’re doing in the Americas to tackle unsustainable production, consumption and waste: https://lnkd.in/eis4vKUh