1. Achievements @ WRAP 2004-2015
Dr Mervyn Jones BA (Hon), MBA, FRGS
mervyn@sustainableglobalresources.co.uk
Between 2000 and
2010, sales turnover
in the UK waste and
recycling sector had
nearly tripled, to
ca£17 billion (€24Bn)
– WRAP has helped
make a big
difference
using our
resources wisely
Expenditure - £19.5M
programme budgets; £3m
Scottish grant Scheme; £10M
Regional Market Development
Fund; £5M Plastics Loan
Fund; £1M Plastics Capital
Grants; £3M Waste
Prevention Loan Fund
Personnel -
27 staff; 8 teams;
hired 18 people
6 Programmes - Wood,
RMDF, Manufacturing,
Products & Materials,
Procurement, Collaborative.
2 Programme areas –
construction waste
minimisation & design, LA
communications Fund.
2 voluntary commitments
(construction and utilities);
London Olympics legacy: Zero
Waste Events Vision &
roadmap; over 140 published
reports, 3 online tools and 3
toolkits; over 100
presentations for, and on,
WRAP
Impacts of programmes –
27 Mtonnes diverted; 35
Mtonnes; £57M savings and
sales growth; 11 end-of-waste
quality Protocols and 6
Publically Available
Specifications; 1 textiles
waste prevention plan
All for charity –
5626 miles cycled;
OXO; Oxfordshire
Bike Challenge;
CFC; Macmillans;
Parkinsons; Jogle;
E2W; 18 sportives
and 150 mile
Wheel Heroes