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 [...]
This study, commissioned by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) provides an analysis of the drivers of growth and costs in selected European markets. It builds upon a previous report by Eunomia completed in 2014 entitled ‘European Experience of Renewable Heat Deployment’. This provided information on the long-term deployment [...]
This study, commissioned by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), investigates outcomes of non-domestic applications to the Government’s Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme. 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 [...]
This study, commissioned by the European Commission’s DG Environment, investigates two key areas of marine debris research: litter from sea-based sources and microplastic litter from cosmetic products. The study’s aim is to help the European Commission develop measures, including reduction targets, to combat marine litter. The work reviews the scale and nature of each of these sources as well as the measures to reduce them. Through [...]
This study for Defra investigated the potential for Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) to deliver changes in land management to tackle soil erosion, reduce flood risk, and deliver a range of other benefits, such as enhanced biodiversity, within the 17km2 Winford Brook catchment, to the south of Bristol. The study, [...]
This report for the European Commission’s DG Environment examines the potential economic and environmental benefits of environmental tax reform across all 28 EU Member States. Environmental taxes are an important source of income for countries, and provide an economic incentive to householders and businesses to reduce their impact on the environment. [...]
