Introducing deposit return systems (DRS) and extended producers responsibility (EPR) schemes with full cost of litter clean up covered by producers are amongst the most successful policy measures at reducing single-use plastic litter while having positive economic and employment impacts in the Mediterranean region, according to our latest research commissioned and [...]
We have been appointed by IUCN’s (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Regional Office for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean (ORMACC), to undertake a project providing policy recommendations to reduce plastic waste in the island nation of Saint Lucia. The project will see Eunomia research existing national, regional and [...]
We have been appointed by KfW Development Bank, a key shareholder in the Sustainable Ocean Fund (SOF), to help deliver a new SOF initiative that aims to identify investment opportunities to reduce plastic pollution in the wider Caribbean region. The Caribbean region has some of the highest plastic pollution rates [...]
The UK government has today announced a ban on plastic drinking straws, stirrers and cotton buds following a consultation last year which showed strong support. Originally planned to be introduced in April, it was postponed because of coronavirus. Chris Sherrington, Head of Environmental Policy & Economics at Eunomia has carried [...]
Eunomia have produced the report, Policy Measures on Plastics in Greece for WWF Greece, outlining the key policy measures and actions to drive solutions to plastic pollution in Greece. This study builds on the findings of preceding work, Plastic pollution in Greece: How to Stop It – A Practical Guide [...]
The Scottish Government selected us to undertake a study to assess the sources, pathways, fate and environmental impact of microplastics in Scotland, in three environmental contexts: the terrestrial environment including agricultural land, the freshwater environment, and the marine environment. Our findings were recently released in a report. Initially, we prioritised [...]
We were commissioned by Zero Waste Scotland, on behalf of the Scottish Government’s Plastic Pellet Loss Steering Group, to work with stakeholders to design a supply chain system to minimise plastic pellet pollution throughout the supply chain. Pellets are a raw material for plastic products and the second most significant [...]
We have been working with Mepex on behalf of the Norwegian Environment Agency (NEA) to map the impacts of a switch away from 19 commonly-littered single use plastic items in Norway. On 27 March 2019, the European Parliament formally passed the Single Use Plastic Directive, which will require Member States [...]
Our Senior Consultant Dr Chiarina Darrah took part in a panel discussion on the problem of releases of microplastics from tyre abrasion at this year’s Fully Charged Live. The festival of clean energy technologies and electric vehicles took place over 7th–9th June at Silverstone, UK. The event featured a full [...]
We have been working with Common Seas, an organisation with a mission to tackle the flow of plastics into the oceans, to develop Plastic Drawdown, a comprehensive approach for governments to understand plastic waste flows and optimise policies to tackle ocean pollution. We used the Plastic Drawdown approach to assess [...]
