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. [...]

This report examines the potential for energy storage deployment in the UK, and provides the first forecast of its likely extent. The report, which focuses on battery technologies, also provides analysis of a range of electricity storage applications as investment propositions, together with figures on the level of deployment to [...]

This scoping study informed a route map for the city of London to transition to a Circular Economy – an economy that designs out waste. The final route map London The Circular Economy Capital is available online here. The study was commissioned by the Greater London Authority (GLA) and London Waste and Recycling Board [...]

The latest update to the Eunomia Residual Waste Infrastructure Review was issued on 27th December 2015. Eunomia’s Ninth Residual Waste Infrastructure Review maintains that the UK is still on course to exceed the waste infrastructure it will need in future. This is especially true if it is to achieve the [...]

This study, commissioned by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) elicits the views of the supply chain for large biomass installations in the non-domestic sector on the effectiveness of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI). The study forms part of a wider independent evaluation of the influential RHI which informs a government [...]

The report was commissioned by Zero Waste Europe, in partnership with Zero Waste France and ACR+. It highlights key problems with the current United Nations FCCC waste inventories, and provides recommendations as to how they can be improved. [...]

This report examines the issue of price fluctuation risk for Secondary Raw Materials (SRMs) and its impact on the UK recycling supply chain. Prepared for Resources & Waste UK, it reflects concerns regarding a general downward trend in SRM prices from the highs of 2011/12, a squeeze on contract margins for [...]