The Waste and Resources Action Programme has announced that the Faraday Packaging Partnership and a project led by ASDA stores limited will be the latest to receive funding from the organisation's 8 million fund.
” If successful, both projects will make a significant contribution to meeting WRAP's target of reducing household waste sent to landfill “
– Dr Richard Swannel, WRAP
Faraday Packaging Partnership, which aims to reduce the amount of glass being disposed of by consumers by trialling the manufacture of lighter glass bottles and jars, received 651,704.
The project will see brand owners Britvic, Coors Brewers and Unicheq working together, along with trade organisation British Glass and its technical arm, Glass Technology Services.
Dr Walter Lewis, managing director of the Faraday Packaging Partnership, said: “We are very excited to be leading one of WRAP's Innovation Fund Projects and to be working with a group of world class experts to deliver the project's objectives.”
A total of 133,405 has been awarded to a project researching the viability of changing the way in which carrier bags are used by the general public.
The project is being run by ASDA and Ecomedia stores Ltd and will look specifically at customers visiting ASDA stores.
Ian Bowles, environmental manager for ASDA Stores Ltd, said: “This project offers a huge potential for reducing the number of single-use carrier bags currently utilised by ASDA store customers and could reduce ASDA's costs considerably.”
Commenting on both projects, Dr Richard Swannell, head of innovation at WRAP, said: “If successful, both projects will make a significant contribution to meeting WRAP's target of reducing household waste sent to landfill by a total of 310,000 tonnes by March 2006.”
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The Waste Minimisation and Innovation Fund has now provided monetary backing for seven projects and granted a combined total of 1,276,747.
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