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Index of materials reported under WRAPP

Paper
Office equipment
Vegetation
Construction &
demolition
Other wastes
Materials index

WRAPP targets four types of scheduled materials: paper products, office equipment and components, vegetation materials and construction and demolition materials.

Office equipment and materials
Vegetation and construction and demolition materials

Office equipment and materials

Purchases

Material	Description
A4 and A3 paper	White A4 and A3 paper used within offices including letterhead but not coloured or tinted paper.
Printing and publications paper	Paper used in printing publications including reports, forms, educational or advertising material, brochures, pamphlets, posters etc. This includes printing within the agency or by an external printing company.
Toner cartridges	For printers, faxes, photocopiers and multifunction machines (combined fax/copier/printer).

Waste

Material	Description
Copy paper and all other office paper	Used plain white printer and photocopier paper in A4 and A3 sizes (not including coloured or tinted paper). Used stationery such as folders, files, coloured or tinted paper publications, forms, newspapers, magazines, advertising material, envelopes, phone books, wrapping paper, letterhead, post-it notes.
Commingled Containers	This includes the following containers, packaging and products: glass bottles and jars; aluminium cans, foil and food trays; steel cans; aerosol cans; liquid paper board cartons; PET, HDPE, PVC, LDPE and PP bottles.
Cardboard	Packaging eg boxes, cartons and containers.
Used toner cartridges	Cartridges for printers, faxes, photocopiers, and multifunction machines (combined fax/copier/printer).
Computer Processing Units (CPUs) and laptops	The main desktop or laptop computer case, containing the disk drives, processor, memory, power supply etc
Computer monitors	CRT and flat screen monitors used with computers.

Vegetation and construction and demolition materials

Purchases

Material	Description
Landscaping materials	Organic products such as mulch, compost, bark, wood chips and soil blends.
Concrete	Mixture of cement, sand and aggregates. May include additives or substitutes such as fly ash.
Fill*	Excavated material such as clay, gravel, sand, soil and rock that has been mixed with another waste or excavated from areas that are contaminated with manufactured chemicals, as the result of industrial, commercial, mining or agricultural activities.
Asphalt	Any materials containing bituminous hydrocarbons. May contain additives such as concrete. Includes recycled asphalt pavement.
Aggregates	Rock or other hard materials such as concrete, crushed stone or bricks, between 4.25mm and 100mm particle size.
Virgin Excavated Natural Material (VENM)*	Virgin excavated natural material such as clay, gravel, sand, soil and rock that is not mixed with any other waste and has been excavated from areas that are not contaminated with manufactured chemicals, as the result of industrial, commercial, mining or agricultural activities.
Timber	Reclaimed, reused or recycled timber.
Sand	Very fine hard aggregate between 0.75mm and 4.25 mm in size.
Bricks and Roof Tiles	Reclaimed, reused or recycled bricks and roof tiles.
Other categories	Agencies can report on other major categories of materials they are purchasing e.g. glass, plasterboard, steel, non-ferrous metal etc.

* For reporting purposes, purchasing data for Fill and VENM are combined.

Waste

Material	Description
Vegetation waste	Vegetation such as leaves, grass clippings, branches and logs. Includes materials that have been processed eg sawn, chipped, mulched or composted. Does not include putrescible waste such as food scraps.
Concrete	Mixture of cement, sand and aggregates. May include additives or substitutes such as fly ash.
Fill*	Excavated material such as clay, gravel, sand, soil and rock that has been mixed with another waste or excavated from areas that are contaminated with manufactured chemicals, as the result of industrial, commercial, mining or agricultural activities.
Asphalt	Any materials containing bituminous hydrocarbons. May contain additives such as concrete. Includes recycled asphalt pavement (RAP).
Timber	Wood materials used for formwork or other construction purposes.
Virgin Excavated Natural Material (VENM)*	Virgin excavated natural material such as clay, gravel, sand, soil and rock that is not mixed with any other waste and has been excavated from areas that are not contaminated with manufactured chemicals, as the result of industrial, commercial, mining or agricultural activities.
Bricks and roof tiles	Clay bricks and roof tiles which may be mixed together. This can include small amounts of concrete or plaster render.
Glass	Sheet glass used for doors, windows, partitioning etc.
Plasterboard	Composite material of gypsum and cardboard used for interior panels for buildings.
Steel	Metal building products and materials e.g. reinforcing steel, sheet roofing, structural columns and beams etc.
Non-ferrous metal	Metal building materials other than steel e.g. aluminium, brass, copper etc.
Other categories	Agencies can report on other categories of waste they are generating or recycling

* For reporting purposes, waste data for Fill and VENM are combined.