Our third annual Sustain Wales Summit was held on 07 June 2018 with a focus on Sustainable Procurement. The Summit looked at different aspects of procurement in the context of a variety of economic sectors. Sharing good practice and ideas from local, national and international organisations. Our themes this year focused on: PROCUREMENT 4Rs | Remove Reduce Reuse & Recycle plastics from products and packaging CONSTRUCTION & TRANSPORT | Adding value through engagement and communication PEOPLE AND SERVICES | Delivering well-being throughout the supply chain

1. A Plastics Route Map for
Wales
Bettina Gilbert
Programme
Manager,
WRAP Cymru

2. WRAP’s
vision is a
world in which
resources
are used
sustainably

3. Our mission is to accelerate the move
to a sustainable resource-efficient
economy through:
• Re-inventing how we design,
produce and sell products
• Re-thinking how we use and
consume products
• Re-defining what is possible through
re-use and recycling.
Find out more at
wrap.org.uk

4. What does
WRAP know
about
plastics?

5. In 2007 WRAP worked
with Marks & Spencer,
Coca-Cola
and Boots on the UK’s
first trials to use, and
declare, significant
levels of recycled post
consumer material in
PET packaging…
Using recycled content in plastic packaging: the benefits, WRAP 2007

6. …and worked with Nextek,
Viridor and the Co-op to create
black plastics that could be
detected by (NIR) recycling
technology.
In-market trial to prove recycling process for black CPET trays, WRAP 2013

7. WRAP led work to develop
the world’s first process to
recycle HDPE milk bottles
into food grade rHDPE for
use in new milk bottles…
Using recycled polymers in new products: a business opportunity, WRAP 2014

8. But what are
we doing
now?

9. Together we can create a
sustainable system for plastics

10. Together we can create a
sustainable system for plastics

13. WRAP Cymru will
continue our pioneering
work by collaborating
with Welsh
organisations…

14. Sony Corporation
WRAP Cymru Technical Support

15. Working together to make the right choices

16. Contact us
WRAP Cymru
Carlyle House
Ty Carlyle
5-7 Cathedral Road
5-7 Heol y Gadeirlan
Cardiff
Caerdydd
CF11 9HA
www.wrapcymru.org.uk
Bettina Gilbert
bettina.gilbert@wrap.org.uk