WRAP's market situation reports provide comprehensive information on the latest economic trends and developments facing the UK's recycling industry.
Each report focuses on a different material stream and is presented in a compact, easily digestible format.
The Materials Pricing Report is a free subscription service for buyers and sellers of recovered materials.
It gives participants in the market such as local authorities, waste management companies, recyclers, reprocessors and social economy businesses more information about pricing trends and current conditions in the markets for recovered materials.
WRAP’s gate fees reports provide information about the fees charged to local authorities in the UK for a range of municipal waste recycling, recovery, treatment and disposal options.
These reports aim to increase price transparency and, by improving the flow of information, improve efficiency in the waste management market.
WRAP’s information on re-use quality provides information for recyclers, reprocessors and re-use organisations about publically available specifications and quality protocols required to sell the outputs of re-use, recycling or reprocessing activity.
WRAP has developed guidance on standards across a number of industries to assist re-use organisations in producing quality products:
From kerbside collection and sorting trials, to our work on re-use, materials recovery facilities and consistency – WRAP provides extensive knowledge and experience based on over 15 years’ experience of working with local authorities to improve recycling.
Read moreWRAP provides information and support for local authorities, materials facilities and reprocessors on recycling and reprocessing techniques for particular materials, including: textiles, electricals, metals, plastics, glass, paper, wood, and bulky household items.
Read moreWRAP’s expert work on organics explores how organisations working in agriculture and food production can produce energy and create high quality compost through processes like anaerobic digestion and in vessel composting.
Read moreEffective communications are essential in encouraging communities, employees and residents to recycle more things, more often.
WRAP’s resources will help you to motivate people to use your collections service and engage with your local recycling and re-use campaign.
Read moreFind out how you can benefit from WRAP's work on creating greater consistency in household recycling across England.
WRAP's Consistency ProjectView all of WRAP's evidence base for Recovered Materials Markets: