Promoting the UK's green economy
Supporting an industry focused on the quality of recyclate
Working with packaging producers to close the loop

About us

The Resource Association is a new professional advocacy body for the reprocessing and recycling industries.

Our mission is to support the development of a sustainable and healthy industry by providing a voice, forum and leadership for the materials reprocessing and recycling industries, as well as related environmental and social interests. Member companies will promote the management of materials as resources not wastes.

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Our vision is for a resource-efficient materials economy that realises value, prizes quality and seeks to maintain the integrity of the secondary materials that are still too commonly treated as waste.

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Thursday, May 10, 2012

The Resource Association today welcomed the approval by the Scottish Parliament of the Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2012.  In a statement issued today, Chief Executive Ray Georgeson said:

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Consultation on amending the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 on the separate collection of recycling: response to Defra and the Welsh Government from the Resource Association