Waste Reduction Awards Program (WRAP)

Ideas and Resources

CalRecycle offers a variety of ideas and resources to help businesses become more resource-efficient. We also encourage businesses and local governments to pursue other recognition and award programs to secure the notice they deserve.

Case Studies

Learn the waste prevention methods of some WRAP award recipients.

Waste Reduction Resources

• Business Resource Efficiency
  Lists programs and services to further businesses' waste prevention efforts, and provides a collection of business-specific fact sheets and case studies.
• California Materials Exchange (CalMAX)
  Lists online materials exchanges to help businesses find markets for nonhazardous materials they have traditionally discarded.
• Waste Prevention Information Exchange
  An alphabetized, interactive directory of informational resources for waste prevention.
• Waste Prevention World
  See what more you can do to prevent waste.
• Recycled Products Directory
  Lists thousands of recycled products and provides information on the companies that reprocess, manufacture, and/or distribute these products.

Awards and Recognition

• Cool California
  This site includes ways government, individuals, schools, communities, and businesses can take action to minimize their impact on climate change. There is an award program offered to businesses as well as a climate change calculator, toolkits and ideas on how to get started reducing your carbon footprint.

For other award programs, visit the Waste Prevention Information Exchange award page.

Grant Funds

• Please visit our CalRecycle Grants website for possible grant funding opportunities.