Investment for growth

Many of the Third Sector organisations operating in waste and recycling are small or do not have the necessary balance sheets to participate in public sector tendering activities. This strand will begin by investigating the feasibility of developing a performance bonding facility or similar financial instrument for these organisations. WRAP has successfully developed similar mechanisms to enable small and medium enterprises to compete. If this is found to be feasible in the third sector, we will develop the mechanism for roll out in the second and third years of the capacity building programme.