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 [...]
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 [...]
We recently completed a key report for the European Commission‘s Directorate-General for Environment, where we compiled action plans aimed at helping the fourteen Member States considered to be at greatest risk of missing the EU’s 2020 recycling targets. Following a review of all Member States progress towards the European Commission’s [...]
In a new report, we argue that in order to unlock growth in renewable electricity generation, better and more consistent use needs to be made of the data available on where the grid is subject to local constraints. While there are some opportunities for developers and energy users to avoid [...]
On Saturday 24th March 2018 at 8.30pm, also known as Earth Hour, the World Wildlife Fund launched a report we developed that summarises available data on single use plastic consumption and waste management in the UK, both historic trends and future projections, and considers the UK’s performance relative to other [...]
A new Eunomia report reveals how the UK consistently overestimates how much of the plastic packaging waste it produces gets recycled. Official statistics say that in 2015 UK households and businesses produced 2.26m tonnes of plastic packaging waste. Almost 39% was claimed to have been recycled, well above the current [...]
Derry City and Strabane District Council, Northern Ireland, has approved a strategy developed by Eunomia aimed at developing a Zero Waste Circular Economy. The strategy is the first of its kind in the United Kingdom, and brings together the principles of Zero Waste and the Circular Economy. The strategy aims both [...]
Diffuse pollution from farming could reverse improvements in drinking water quality, the condition of rivers and the quality of bathing waters, despite the billions of pounds invested by water companies. Brexit brings uncertainties about agricultural policies and subsidies that mean more farmers are focusing on the short term. As financial [...]
