Waste prevention

Drawing on our diverse specialists Resource Futures is able to offer a range of services including:

• Gathering data and interpreting existing data to develop an in-depth understanding of current waste arisings in order to identify materials to target. This might include waste analysis of kerbside and/or HWRC collections
   
• Developing waste prevention strategies including those that focus on priority workstreams e.g organics fraction or materials suitable for reuse
   
• Developing communications campaigns that relate to specific audience types and using, for example, life stages and lifestyles as defining characteristics. This would include the development of key public facing messages which are clearly prioritised and are aimed at building public support and engagement in desired behaviours
   
• Developing schools based education campaigns
   
• Identification of key stakeholders and ‘supporters’ and building them into a programme of public engagement. Resource Futures is also able to provide outreach staff to help build capacity or deliver specific engagement projects
   
• Developing robust monitoring and evaluation programmes that are proportionate to the budgets available and will provide insights for the refining of future strategies
   
• Our approach, as always, is to the work closely with council officers and other stakeholders working on waste prevention while drawing on our own experience and best practice such as Defra’s waste prevention evidence review