This report, commissioned by Changing Markets, seeks to better understand the barriers to, and opportunities for, greater circular economy activity in the carpet waste management sector in the UK. The research focuses on the efforts of the UK industry, via the non-profit organisation Carpet Recycling UK (founded in 2008), to [...]
This report provides insight into the procurement process Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP) followed to tender for new waste collection and recycling services, despite challenging circumstances, and documents why it was such a successful procurement. The report explains the process SWP followed to procure a new contract to deliver new and [...]
This report was commissioned following the Turkish Government’s confirmation in early 2019 that it will introduce deposits on beverage containers by 2021. This study proposes a design for a DRS in Turkey based on existing best practice around the world. Our consultants were commissioned by Reloop to review DRS design [...]
This report provides an independent, objective review of the contributing factors to the decreasing return rate of California’s beverage container program. California’s deposit return program is the largest in North America, and the second largest internationally. Well-designed programs currently achieve in excess of an 80% return rate for beverage containers: [...]
This report, commissioned by the Recycling Council of Alberta (RCA), examines the economic value Alberta’s recycling sector brings to the province. The research focuses specifically on job creation, through direct, indirect and induced jobs, as well as tax income, and overall Gross Value Added (GVA), which is the contribution made [...]
Published in September 2019, the seventh edition of the Recycling Carbon Index shows council recycling schemes in England, Wales and Northern Ireland saved CO2 emissions equivalent to over 715,000 return flights between London and Sydney in 2017/18. The annual index uses the most up-to-date waste data to calculate the quantity [...]
This guidance document accompanies a model, commissioned by the Greater London Authority (GLA), which compares London boroughs’ performance against greenhouse gas performance targets. The Ready Reckoner model is a greenhouse gas (GHG) calculator. The tool measures the performance of London boroughs’ against the Emissions Performance Standard (EPS) and carbon intensity [...]
This report for Common Seas uses Plastic Drawdown, a comprehensive tool to support governments in identifying the best policies to mitigate their country’s plastic pollution, to explore the impact of the Resources and Waste Strategy on reducing plastic pollution into UK rivers and seas. The research also compares the impact [...]
This report, commissioned by circular economy NGO Reloop, outlines how the introduction of a deposit return system (DRS) would increase recycling rates and reduce litter in Ontario, Canada. The research also identifies how harmonization with Ontario’s current Blue Box program and deposit return system on alcoholic beverages would provide benefits [...]
This report for the Norwegian Environment Agency maps 19 single-use plastics in Norway to understand the impacts of a move to alternative materials or reusable options with the aim of reducing littering. The research, which also included an analysis of the costs and environmental impacts of switching to alternative materials, [...]
