The 4th edition of our Recycling Carbon Index shows that the CO2 emissions savings from local authorities’ waste and recycling services in 2014/15. Tthe leading carbon savers are Cheshire West and Chester Council, whose high recycling rate and source separated collection system (which minimises the need for energy-intensive sorting of [...]
Eunomia undertook analysis in support of the policy options included in the European Commission’s revised circular economy package published in December 2015. This final report was published by the Commission and includes detailed analysis and consideration of various aspects of the proposed package, including: The costs and benefits of the [...]
Zero Waste Scotland commissioned Sustainable Procurement Ltd as project lead, and Eunomia as sub-contractor, to develop this procurement guidance document to support circular economy purchasing decisions and outcomes across the Scottish public sector. Scottish Government policy makes increasing the supply and demand for circular products and services a key priority. In [...]
This report explains the information sources and analysis underlying Eunomia’s marine plastics infographic, Where do they come from? Where do they go? The infographic brings together some of the key findings from its recent research on this subject and includes a new estimate of annual global emissions of primary microplastics. [...]
In addition to updating the picture for the UK, Eunomia’s tenth issue of its Residual Waste Infrastructure Review examines the balance between residual waste and treatment capacity across 11 European countries. All of these countries are actively involved in trading RDF or SRF with others within the group. Facilities across [...]
This study, funded by Olleco and commissioned by the Renewable Energy Association, examines the net costs of introducing measures to mandate source separation of biowaste by councils and businesses in England. The aim of a mandatory requirement to separate biowaste would be to greatly increase the extent of separate collections. [...]
In September 2015, Eunomia was commissioned by the Welsh Government to review the Collections Blueprint in light of new evidence arising since its publication. The aim of the project was to review emerging evidence to establish if the Collections Blueprint remained the best option for a waste management service across [...]
This study, commissioned by the environmental charity Fidra, explores a number of issues relating to plastic pellet emissions from facilities in the UK. The pellets, sometimes known as nurdles, are lentil-sized particles of plastic that are used as feedstock for the manufacture of plastic products. Fidra and other organisations have found [...]
This study, commissioned by the Welsh Government, aimed to ascertain the degree to which Welsh local authorities were able track their recyclables to a final end destination and account for reject losses along the way. As part of the study, Eunomia analysed local authority data reported in Question 100 of [...]
This study, commissioned by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) elicits the views of renewable heat installers registered with the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS). The study is part of a wider independent evaluation of the influential RHI which comes at an important time when the government is due to consult on potential changes in [...]
