The Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP)

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Material resources are a key contributor to sustainability in construction, along with energy and water-saving initiatives. The efficient use of those material resources can be improved by:

 Using less material
 Avoiding and reducing waste
 Re-using materials
 Recovering wastes by recycling into new applications
 Selecting manufactured products with higher recycled content

All of these actions can reduce carbon emissions and widen life-cycle environmental impacts either in a cost-neutral or cost-saving way.

Good site practice – including materials supply logistics and rigorous segregation of wastes – ensures that waste is reduced and recovered while helping the bottom line. This helps reduce landfill, cuts overall wastage and creates markets for the recycled waste materials.

WRAP Registered products

The roofing and ventilation products illustrated in this data sheet feature recycled materials in
their construction, a process which has been recognised by the Green Organisation and WRAP. Specifiers, especially those for public sector new build projects, will be interested to learn that these products are included in the WRAP Procurement Guide for construction materials.