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About WRAP

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WRAP works in partnership to encourage and enable businesses and consumers to be more efficient in their use of materials and recycle more things more often. This helps to minimise landfill, reduce carbon emissions and improve our environment.

Contact

Training Co-ordinator
Tel: 01295 819655
Fax: 01295 819911

Virtual Learning Environment

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Welcome to the WRAP Virtual Learning Environment. Please register here.
Create new user recordAccess VLE

if a user account (an account with an email address) already exists:

  • Go to login
  • On the login page click the "Yes, help me login" button
  • Enter the email address into the bottom box
  • An email will automatically be sent to that email address (notifying of a change of password - for security purposes) with instructions
  • Follow the instructions in the email and a new password will be generated (and you will be notified of the username as well)

Available Courses

You can apply for these courses

Recycling Managers Training Course - Phase 1

Target audience - The course is targeted at individuals who have recently joined the recycling sector, who may have a background in waste management and/or environmental management. The course is also relevant to individuals who want to update their knowledge and skills.

Recycling Managers Training Course - Phase 2 (Advanced)

Target audience - Individuals who already have experience in some aspect(s) of recycling service design and delivery, contracts and/or communications, but are now seeking an understanding of how the different elements need to be integrated.

Communications planning and design

Target audience - The course is targeted at individuals who already have experience of communications but are now seeking to develop an understanding of communications planning and apply a good practice design approach to the development of communications materials to improve the consistency and clarity of communications ensuring increased efficiency of recycling schemes.

Please note this course is designed for local authority recycling officers who work with internal and external communications and design teams to produce waste and recycling communications. It is not aimed at staff working as part of in-house/external corporate communications and design teams.  We anticipate that delegates will have three or more years experience in recycling prior to attending this course.

Working with the community sector

Target audience - This course is targeted at individuals with responsibility for developing/delivering partnership work with the community sector, whether that be small voluntary groups to community waste sector organisations.  

It features a range of good practice case studies including live examples of successful activity at a WDA and WCA level. 

Reviewing and re-tendering your services

Target audience - This course is targeted at individuals who have experience in recycling service design and delivery and are seeking an understanding of how to develop contracts to improve service efficiency.


We anticipate that delegates will have three or more years experience in recycling prior to attending this course.

Improving Efficiency

Target audience - The course is targeted at individuals who have experience in recycling service design and delivery and are seeking an understanding of how to improve service efficiency.

We anticipate that delegates will have three or more years experience in recycling prior to attending this course.

 

Monitoring and evaluation

Target audience - This course is targeted at all individuals who are responsible for carrying out or planning effective monitoring to determine the efficiency and effectiveness of recycling services, waste prevention/minimisation campaigns and local communications.

Schools recycling schemes:improving performance

Target audience - This course is targeted at individuals with responsibility for delivering an efficient schools recycling collection scheme and/or communicating with schools.  Delegates who work for local authorities who are not currently operating a scheme will also find the course relevant.

Before attending WRAP's 'Schools recycling schemes: improving performance' course we recommend that delegates attend the Recycling Managers Training Course - Phase 1.

Recycle Now design

Target audience - This course is targeted at individuals who want to apply a good practice design approach to the development and delivery of communications materials for recycling campaigns.

Waste prevention: planning and delivery

Target audience - This course is targeted at individuals with responsibility for delivering cost-effective waste prevention activities.

Delegates may, or may not, have attended the WRAP 'Waste prevention: a strategic approach' course.  However, 'Waste prevention: planning and delivery' builds on the knowledge and skills acquired from the 'Waste prevention: a strategic approach' course. 

We would therefore recommend that prior to attending this course an officer from the local authority attends 'Waste prevention: a strategic approach'.

Before attending WRAP's 'Waste prevention: planning and delivery' course we recommend that delegates attend the Recycling Managers Training Course - Phase 1.

Waste prevention: a strategic approach

Target audience - This course is targeted at individuals with responsibility for developing/delivering a waste prevention strategy. 

We recommend that following attendance on 'Waste prevention: a strategic approach' and the development of a local authority strategy, that an officer from the local authority attends the new 'Waste Prevention: planning and delivery' course.  The 'waste prevention: planning and delivery' course is designed to enable delegates to use the WRAP Waste Prevention Toolkit to develop an action plan for delivery of cost-effective waste prevention activities.

Developing trade recycling collection services

This workshop aims to provide delegates with an understanding of the key considerations and good practice methodology to use when developing trade recycling collection services for dry and organic materials.

Making the most of frontline resources

This workshop is targeted at Managers and Supervisors with responsibility for development and management of refuse and recycling collections.

Communications guidance

Target audience - Individuals who have responsibility for developing and delivering waste and recycling communication programmes.

If you wish to attend the ‘Communications campaigns for Love Food Hate Waste (food waste prevention) and Home Composting’ day the following day WRAP will provide overnight accommodation. Please email training@wrap.org.uk to book accommodation.

Communications campaigns for Love Food Hate Waste (food waste prevention) and Home Composting

Target audience - Individuals with responsibility for developing and delivering communication campaigns for Love Food Hate Waste and Home Composting.

If you wish to attend the ‘Communications Guidance’ workshop the previous day WRAP will provide overnight accommodation. Please email training@wrap.org.uk to book accommodation.

Developing food waste collections

Target audience - Individuals from local authorities, private and third sector organisations with the responsibility for implementing and improving food waste collections.

Flats – planning and implementing a recycling scheme

Target audience -  Individuals with responsibility for developing, delivering, communicating and monitoring collection stystems for flats

Low Participation Areas – effective communications planning Guidance

Target audience - Individuals who are looking to increase recycling rates by identifying areas of low participation and developing an appropriate communications plan.

The on-line tool is web based, advanced IT skills are not required.

Packaging and the future for recycling plastics

Target audience -Individuals with responsibility for the collection and/or sorting of household recyclables, specifically: local authority recycling officers,waste management operations managers and waste management contractors.

Waste prevention toolkit

Target audience - Individuals from local authority or a waste contractor who are interested,or involved in waste prevention.


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These events are related to the Available Courses

Reviewing and re-tendering your service Phase 2 - Manchester

3 day residential course

Tue 22nd Feb 2011 - Thu 24th Feb 2011 at Novotel Manchester City, Manchester
Reviewing and re-tendering your service Phase 2 - London

3 day residential course

Tue 5th Oct 2010 - Thu 7th Oct 2010 at Beckenham Place, Beckenham
Monitoring and Evaluation - Birmingham

2 day residential (first day starts at 11am)

Wed 8th Dec 2010 - Thu 9th Dec 2010 at City Inn Birmingham, Birmingham
Recycling Managers Training Course - Phase 1 - Edinburgh

3 days residential

Tue 22nd Mar 2011 - Thu 24th Mar 2011
Schools recycling schemes: improving performance - Manchester

1.5 days residential

Wed 17th Nov 2010 - Thu 18th Nov 2010 at Novotel Manchester City, Manchester
Communications Planning and Design - Birmingham

2.5 days residential course

Tue 18th Jan 2011 - Thu 20th Jan 2011 at City Inn Birmingham, Birmingham
Developing trade recycling collection services - Birmingham (1) (Workshop full)

1 day non-residential workshop

Tue 23rd Nov 2010 - Tue 23rd Nov 2010 at The Studio - Birmingham, Birmingham
Developing trade recycling collection services - Birmingham (2) Workshop Full

non residential 1 day workshop

Wed 24th Nov 2010 - Wed 24th Nov 2010 at The Studio - Birmingham, Birmingham
Improving Efficiency - Birmingham

1 day non residential

Tue 9th Nov 2010 - Tue 9th Nov 2010 at City Inn Birmingham, Birmingham
Recycling Managers Training Course - Phase 1 - Birmingham (course full)

3 day residential

Tue 28th Sep 2010 - Thu 30th Sep 2010 at City Inn Birmingham, Birmingham
Recycling Managers Training Course - Phase 1 - London

3 days residential

Tue 23rd Nov 2010 - Thu 25th Nov 2010 at Novotel London Greenwich, London
Waste prevention: planning & delivery - Birmingham

1.5 days residential

Wed 1st Dec 2010 - Thu 2nd Dec 2010 at City Inn Birmingham, Birmingham
Making the most of frontline resources - London

2 day residential course

Wed 13th Oct 2010 - Thu 14th Oct 2010
Waste Prevention - Strategy - Wales

1.5 days residential

Wed 13th Oct 2010 - Thu 14th Oct 2010
Developing trade recycling collection services - Manchester (workshop full)

1 day non-residential workshop

Tue 26th Oct 2010 - Tue 26th Oct 2010 at The Studio - Manchester, Manchester
Communications planning and design - London

2.5 days residential

Tue 5th Oct 2010 - Thu 7th Oct 2010 at Novotel London Greenwich, London
Developing trade recycling collection services - London (workshop full)

1 day non-residential

Thu 3rd Feb 2011 - Thu 3rd Feb 2011 at City Inn London, London
Waste Prevention: planning and delivery - Northern Ireland

2 days residential course

Wed 6th Oct 2010 - Thu 7th Oct 2010
Working with the Community Sector - Northern Ireland

1.5 days residential

Wed 26th Jan 2011 - Thu 27th Jan 2011
Reviewing and re-tendering your service Phase 2 - Northern Ireland

3 day residential course

Tue 14th Dec 2010 - Thu 16th Dec 2010
Making the most of frontline resources - Glasgow

2 day residential course

Wed 1st Dec 2010 - Thu 2nd Dec 2010
Recycling Managers Training Course - Phase 1 - Bristol

3 day residential course

Tue 1st Feb 2011 - Thu 3rd Feb 2011
Working with the Community Sector - London

1.5 days residential course

Wed 9th Feb 2011 - Thu 10th Feb 2011 at Novotel London Greenwich, London
Developing trade recycling collection services - Leeds

1 day non-residential

Tue 25th Jan 2011 - Tue 25th Jan 2011 at City Inn Leeds, Leeds
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