Mark Hilton, Head of Sustainable Business at the environmental consultancy Eunomia has over 35 years’ experience supporting businesses to become more resource-efficient. In a recently completed study for the European Commission Mark led on the development of recommendations for fee-modulation for electrical and electronic equipment and batteries. We asked Mark [...]
We have been appointed sole provider of sustainable packaging advice to Young Foodies, a community support network for challenger brands in the food and beverage sector. Young Foodies provides specialised business advice to a network of around 700 brands, comprising both start-ups and established businesses. Under the new contract, we [...]
New research has found that possible exemptions to the EU’s Single Use Plastic Directive potentially open the legislation to loopholes which could significantly undermine its impact. Our research found that certain ‘natural polymers’ could be exempted under the Directive’s definition of plastic, including those likely to have similar negative effects [...]
In March 2019 our consultants led two days of workshops in Brussels to gather ideas, facilitate discussions and canvass industry opinions for two studies that we are currently undertaking for the European Commission. One of these reports relates to the development of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) (covering packaging, waste electrical [...]
Our report with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has estimated that up to 10% of the Electronic and Electrical Equipment (EEE) bought on digital marketplaces in Europe avoid contributing to legislation designed to compensate for the environmental burden of these products. The sellers of products that avoid [...]
We have developed a toolkit for Changing Markets Foundation which outlines measures that US state governments and manufacturers can implement to improve carpet reuse and recycling. Today only 5% of carpet in the US is recycled, with 90% going to landfill. Carpet is largely made of plastic from fossil fuels [...]
Hugo Tagholm and Martin Dorey joined our river and marine litter experts Alice Thomson and Amy Slack in Bristol on Tuesday 4th December to discuss how to tackle the plastic pollution in our rivers and seas. We hosted the event, ‘How Can we Stop the Flow of Plastics from Rivers [...]
The Welsh Government is considering options to tackle the problems associated with food and drink packaging, in line with the principles of Extended Producer Responsibilities (EPR). The Welsh Government has identified that the everyday litter seen across cities, towns and the countryside is having a negative impact on both the [...]
Our Head of Sustainable Business Mark Hilton is published in a new book examining the future of the circular economy with regards to business. Designing for the Circular Economy examines the impact a circular economy approach has on both business models and policy alike. Mark, an industry leader in the [...]
On the 11th July our Brussels office will be co-hosting a forum exploring ‘How to Reduce the Impact of Plastic Products on the Marine Environment’ in partnership with the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment and European media platform EURACTIV. The forum follows the European Commission’s launch of an awareness-raising [...]
