Terms & Conditions

By using this site, you signify your consent to these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree to these Terms and Conditions, please do not use the site or download and use any materials from the site.

These Terms and Conditions also include the WRAP Email Disclaimer.

1. Applicable Terms

1.1 This website (the “Site”) is owned and operated by The Waste and Resources Action Programme, a UK registered charity no 1159512 and a private company limited by guarantee registered in England no. 4125764 whose registered office is Second floor, Blenheim Court, 19 George Street, Banbury, Oxon, OX16 5BH ("WRAP").

1.2 Use of the Site and the downloading and use of any branding and trade marks which are made available for download from WRAP’s Resource Library at https://partners.wrap.org.uk (the “Branding”) constitutes your acceptance of these Terms and Conditions, which take effect immediately on your first use of the Site. WRAP reserves the right to change these Terms and Conditions at any time by posting changes online.

1.3 You are responsible for regularly reviewing information posted online to obtain timely notice of any changes. Your continued use of the Site after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of these Terms and Conditions as modified by the posted changes.

1.4 If there is any conflict between these Terms and Conditions and/or specific terms appearing elsewhere on the Site relating to specific material then the latter shall prevail.

2. Use of Materials and Branding

2.1 Unless otherwise indicated the contents of the Site, including the names, images and logos identifying WRAP and its products and services, and the Branding, are the property of WRAP and are protected, without limitation, as copyright works, and/or registered and unregistered trade marks, and may only be used in accordance with 2.3 below.

2.2 You, and the business/organisation you represent, must register with WRAP and create an account in order to use some of WRAP's services including the downloading and use of the Branding . You can create your own WRAP account and/or an account for your business/organisation at https://accounts.wrap.org.uk/en/auth/login  and manage it through the user profile available at https://accounts.wrap.org.uk/ . It is your responsibility to keep your details and those of your business/organisation up to date on the user profile. In these Terms and Conditions, references to ‘you’ shall refer to both the individual user as well as the business/organisation that is represented by the individual user or that is a registered user itself.

2.3 Subject always to 1.4, material produced by WRAP on the Site (which for the avoidance of doubt does not include material on any linked website of a third party) and the Branding, may be copied or downloaded for your own use within the United Kingdom provided (i) that all use of Branding must be strictly in accordance with the applicable brand guidelines, which are available for download from WRAP’s Resource Library at https://partners.wrap.org.uk/ as they are updated from time to time, and (ii) other than with WRAP’s prior written consent and in full compliance with any terms that WRAP may require, you may not:

2.3.1 host any material or Branding or a variation of it on any website; or

2.3.2  adapt, alter or create a derivative work from any of the material or Branding; or

2.3.3 use the material or Branding in any commercial manner including incorporating any of WRAP’s Branding on any merchandise or promotional items 

2.4 The Branding may only be downloaded by the holder of a WRAP account.

2.5 These Terms and Conditions permit use of the materials and the Branding only within the United Kingdom.  If you wish to use the materials or Branding outside the United Kingdom please contact WRAP to arrange a specific licence for use.

2.6 In the event you download software from the Site, the software including any files, images incorporated in or generated by the software and data accompanying the software (together, the "Software") will be subject to a specific license to be issued to you by WRAP. WRAP does not transfer title to the Software to you. WRAP will retain full and complete title to the Software and all intellectual property rights therein. You may not redistribute, sell, decompile, reverse-engineer or disassemble the Software.

3. Liability

3.1 WRAP does not warrant that the Site will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that the Site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or bugs.

3.2 This Site and the information, names, images, pictures, logos and icons regarding or relating to WRAP, its products and services (or to third party products and services), is provided "AS IS" and on an "AS AVAILABLE" basis without any representation or endorsement made and without warranty of any kind whether express or implied.

3.3 Whilst WRAP makes every effort to guarantee the accuracy of information contained within this Site, it accepts no liability for any inaccuracies and visitors to the Site who rely on this information do so at their own risk.

3.4 WRAP is not responsible for the contents or reliability of any linked websites and does not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them. Linking shall not be taken as endorsement of any kind.

3.5 Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall operate or be construed so as to exclude or restrict:

3.5.1 any warranty or condition implied by statute in the event of your dealing as a "consumer" as defined by section 2 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015. In such a case your statutory rights are unaffected by these terms and conditions; or

3.5.2 the liability of WRAP for death or personal injury caused by reason of the negligence of WRAP or of its servants, employees or agents. 

3.6 Save as set out in 3.5, in no event will WRAP be liable for any damages including, without limitation, indirect or consequential damages, or any damages whatsoever arising from use or loss of use, data, or profits, whether in action of contract, negligence or other tortious action, arising out of or in connection with the use of the Site.

3.7 In no event shall WRAP's total liability to you for all damages, losses and causes of action (whether in contract, or not (including, but not limited to, negligence) or otherwise) exceed the costs incurred by you, if any, for accessing the Site.

4. Your Contributions

4.1 Where you are invited to submit any contribution to the Site (including without limitation any text, graphics, video or audio) you are required by such submission to grant WRAP a perpetual, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sub-licenseable right and license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, play, and exercise all copyright and publicity rights with respect to any such work worldwide and/or to incorporate it in other works in any media now known or later developed for the full term of any rights that may exist in such content, consistent with privacy restrictions set forth in WRAP's Privacy Policy. If you do not wish to grant such rights to WRAP, it is suggested that you do not submit your contribution to the Site.

4.2 By submitting your contribution to the Site, you also:

4.2.1 warrant that such contribution is your own original work and that you have the right to make it available to WRAP for all the purposes specified above; and

4.2.2 indemnify WRAP against all legal fees, damages and other expenses that may be incurred by WRAP as a result of your breach of the above warranty; and

4.2.3 agree to waive any moral rights in your contribution for the purposes of its submission to and publication on the Site and the other purposes specified above; and

4.2.4 acknowledge and agree that it may be copied or downloaded by users pursuant to 2.3.

5. Use of the Site

You agree to use the Site only for lawful purposes, and in a manner that does not infringe the rights of, or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of the Site by any third party. Such restriction or inhibition includes, without limitation, conduct which is unlawful, or which may harass or cause distress or inconvenience to any person and the transmission of obscene or offensive content or disruption of normal flow of dialogue within the Site.

6. Termination of Usage Rights

6.1 These Terms and Conditions will continue to apply to your use of the Site and your access to and use of the materials and Branding on the Site unless and until WRAP notifies you that your access has been terminated and your account has been closed.  WRAP reserves the right to close your account and block your access to the Site and the materials and Branding on the Site at any time in its sole discretion, but is only likely to do so if it considers that you have materially failed to comply with these Terms and Conditions.

6.2 Upon closure of your WRAP account you must immediately stop using all materials and Branding obtained from the Site and all copies thereof, if required by WRAP to do so.

7. Severability

If any of these Terms and Conditions should be determined to be illegal, invalid or otherwise unenforceable by reason of the laws of any state or country in which these Terms and Conditions are intended to be effective, then to the extent and within the jurisdiction which that term or condition is illegal, invalid or unenforceable, it shall be severed and deleted from these Terms and Conditions and the remaining terms and conditions shall survive, remain in full force and effect and continue to be binding and enforceable.

8. Jurisdiction

8.1 The Site is controlled and operated by WRAP from its offices in the United Kingdom. WRAP makes no representation that materials on the Site are appropriate or available for use in other locations. Those who choose to access the Site from other locations do so on their own initiative and are responsible for compliance with local laws, if and to the extent local laws are applicable.

8.2 These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales. Disputes arising from these Terms and Conditions shall be exclusively subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.