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Creating sustainable public services 

As a public sector organisation your environmental credentials are under scrutiny from all sides. Not only are you expected to meet tough environmental targets, but you must also be seen by the public to be setting an example while providing the high standard of services they expect. In short, you have to be beyond reproach.

To satisfy these staunch critics, and your own demanding standards, you’ll need to be innovative - both in adopting existing best practices and in leading others in the search for better, more resource efficient systems.

As experts in waste management and resource efficiency we can work with your organisation to help achieve these aims. What’s more we have the skills and know-how to research and develop strategies, provide best practice technical advice, engage with your employees and the community, to educate and change behaviour permanently. This can be through a seamless combination of services, or just one to meet a specific need.

Ideally we would work through the following stages:

  • Developing an understanding of your particular situation
  • Looking at where you need help
  • Deciding how we can best provide that help
  • Delivering a solution tailored to your needs
  • Evaluating the results and looking at how lessons learned can be applied to drive further efficiency and effectiveness

Our way of working makes use of the all-round expertise we have within Resource Futures. You benefit from a service that is fully joined up from conception to delivery, with all the separate elements working together to provide the very best solution for your organisation.

If you would like to know more about our expertise in the Public Sector, please give us a call on: 0117 930 4355.

 

Project Synopses

Resource Futures helps WRAP understand recent reductions in food waste

Resource Futures has recently helped WRAP to estimate how much household food waste has decreased nationally in recent years, with the recently published “Synthesis of Food Waste Compositional Data 2010” 

Best estimates ever of what’s in our rubbish

Defra has published a study carried out by Resource Futures which provides the best estimates to date of what’s in the ‘national rubbish bin’.

Research into reuse of household items through online portals

In 2011, Resource Futures carried out WRAP funded research into how household items are reused through online portals such as eBay, Freegle and Gumtree.  The research included a detailed survey on internet user habits regarding online exchange and sought to understand the reasons for not using such sites.  

News and Events

Community RePaint: A Helping Hand for Hearts and Minds in 2011

In 2011, householders, traders and paint manufacturers donated 343,957 litres of paint to Community RePaint schemes, which then distributed 217,112 litres to community groups and individuals saving 565 tonnes of CO2 – the equivalent of taking 192 cars off our roads - and providing 766 volunteer and training opportunities. The network now has over 65 schemes across the UK and with four new schemes about to start at the beginning of 2012.    

Resource Futures seeks new Non-Executive Chair

Following restructuring during 2011 Resource Futures is now looking to strengthen its Board with a new Non-Executive Chair.  The company is forecasting a three-fold increase in its profit from 2% in the year ended March 2010 to 6% for the year ending March 2012.  The new position will join Chief Executive Officer Jane Stephenson MBE and Operations Director Sam Reeve, bringing independent scrutiny and advice to this successful business at Board level. 

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