The report, entitled Advanced Sorting for Circularity, published today, finds that for many plastic packaging formats, further optimisation of existing sorting technologies is likely to be sufficient for improved circularity. For the remaining sorting challenges, object recognition could be the most cost-effective advanced sorting technology to facilitate increased circularity, including [...]
Reuse businesses have profound positive impact on Minnesota’s economy and environment A new study published today has found the reuse economy in Minnesota is worth over $5 billion, creates 45,000 jobs and takes the equivalent of 100,000 gas-powered vehicles off the roads in avoided greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions each year. [...]
Eunomia Research & Consulting was commissioned by UK Water Industry Research (UKWIR) to conduct a study which reviewed the quantities and types of macro-plastics received by the water industry, identified the negative impacts of these items and made recommendations on how to improve source control to prevent them from entering [...]
The health and wellbeing of people is of paramount importance to us at this difficult time. We are routinely monitoring the latest advice from governments and health organisations, in order to act in a timely and responsible way, and thereby minimise any impacts of COVID-19 on our staff, our clients, [...]
We are delighted to announce the appointment of industry leader, Jeffrey Crawford, as an Executive Director for our North American operations. He will support the development of the business, building on current successes to expand the breadth of our service capacity to clients. Jeff joins us from BSR – a [...]
Since the beginning of 2019 we have welcomed over 20 new starters across our international offices as part of an unprecedented period of growth. In the past six weeks we have welcomed six new starters bringing exciting skills and specialisms to a number of different business areas. Matt Smith, who [...]
Councils collecting bulky waste could increase recycling by 1.5% and save £450,000 over five years, new measures from our Waste Prevention Toolkit have found. The new data comes from our updated Waste Prevention Toolkit (WPT), which is a set of tools built to help local authorities determine the impact of [...]
We are supporting St Albans Business Improvement District (BID) to procure a collaborative commercial waste contract, with the aim of securing a high quality, low cost waste collection service for businesses in the city. St Albans BID has asked commercial waste collectors to put forward proposals to improve the bin [...]
Our Head of Environmental Policy and Economics, Dr Chris Sherrington, was commissioned by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF)’s China Programme to speak as part of an exchange of expertise on the design of policies to improve the management of plastics and microplastics. The exchange, which took place in the first [...]
