WRAP reappoints Entec to council advisory role

In move to replace the existing advisory framework, entitled Recycling and Organics Technical Advisory Team (ROTATE), the government-funded research body has contracted Entec to provide operational support to local authorities, with a focus on collections, recycling and reuse.

The new framework is set to run for four years and, in its first commission under the new set-up, Entec will review local authority decision making around kerbside recycling collections. In addition, Entec will look to work with local authorities to develop training materials, training courses and workshops on topics around the subject of municipal waste.

Entec has worked with WRAP under the previous ROTATE framework since 2004 and has been involved in a range of research projects, such as the development of contractual guidance for local authorities.

WRAP established ROTATE in 2003 as a task force to help councils maximise kerbside recycling, as well as initiate education and awareness training.

Delighted 

Commenting on the reappointment, Geoff Sampson, associate director at Entec, said: “We are delighted to be reappointed to the framework and continue our relationship with WRAP that has been built up over many years.

“Entec's ability to combine the practical and operational aspects of waste and recycling collection with market analysis throughout the material supply chain means we can make a valuable contribution to the framework, supporting a variety of work across a number of WRAP's programmes,” he added.

WRAP hopes the new framework will help it to better understand the key factors influencing local authority choices and decisions.

A spokeswoman for Entec claimed: “Entec's extensive contacts with local authorities, through its wider waste collection and round design work, enables the delivery of real value to WRAP on projects of this type.”