Waste Prevention

Making waste less wasteful.

If you can reduce the waste your organisation creates you can save money in two ways. First by not having to buy materials that you then throw away, and second by not paying disposal costs.

With that in mind, sustainable waste management is becoming an ever more important issue, so accurate waste analysis and monitoring is invaluable.

We undertake waste audits throughout the UK covering the full spectrum of recyclables and residual waste arisings. Using this information we can help identify what reusable and/or potentially recyclable material you are paying to dispose of.
We can then help you put place practical systems that means you can use less, reuse what you can and separate out materials to recycle from your other waste.

If you’re a smaller concern you may feel you don’t generate enough recyclable material to make it worthwhile. We can show you how to join schemes that make economies of scale more attractive to recycling contractors and more cost-effective to your organisation.

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Project Synopses

Engaging the Residents of North London with Love Food Hate Waste

Resource Futures recruited and managed two embedded Outreach Workers to support the North London Waste Authority’s, WRAP funded, Love Food Hate Waste campaign. During the seven month period, the Outreach Workers organised and delivered over sixty roadshows in supermarkets, businesses, libraries and at community groups, across NLWA’s seven constituent boroughs, to engage more than 3,500 people with the campaign.

Assessing Bulky Waste in Northern Ireland

Resource Futures carried out a comprehensive review of bulky wastes in Northern Ireland. The review considered quantities arising, types, sources and destinations of bulky waste materials; and importantly the capacity for reuse of such material.The report is intended to be a useful contribution to the waste prevention strand of the Northern Ireland Waste Management Strategy.

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment, Good Practice Guidance

Whilst Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) recycling activity is firmly established in the UK, its collection and treatment is a rapidly growing and evolving sector. WRAP research reveals that the average household has 3 old or broken WEEE items stored in the home, therefore there are millions of items out there just waiting to be collected…