WRAP launches a free-to-use tool for local authorities to complete their written assessment in line with Simpler Recycling legislation.
Simpler Recycling legislation requires local authorities to collect paper and card separately from other dry recyclables unless it is not technically or economically practicable or there is no significant environmental benefit.
Local authorities are required to provide a written assessment where one or more of these apply.
WRAP has developed the eTEEP tool to support local authorities complete a written assessment using pre-populated, standardised data from WRAP’s LA Portal.
The eTEEP (Electronic Technically, Environmentally and Economically Practicable) tool is supported by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).
While using the tool is not compulsory, local authorities must ensure their written assessment meets an evidential standard that satisfies the Environment Agency.
Writing in Circular Online, Programme Lead Policy and Insights at WRAP, Chris Mills explained the tool had been designed in conjunction with around 50 pilot local authorities.
WRAP’s eTEEP tool is available from the start of the financial year and will be accessible through WRAP’s LA Portal.
The tool contains up-to-date information obtained through WRAP’s research and engagement with local authorities.
Local authorities can use it to compare collection scenarios, assess the impact of a range of waste and recycling collection systems and generate modelled outputs.
