This report, prepared for the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) with support from the London South Bank University’s Centre for Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Research, assessed the environmental impacts of leakage of refrigerants from within heat pumps. The study found that annual leakage rates from operation of heat [...]
This report, commissioned by the Environmental Services Association Education Trust, assesses the economic impact of waste crime to exceed £500m and puts forward recommendations for a joint approach to tackling it. These include: Increase and protect enforcement budgets to provide a minimum of: £25m for the Environment Agency; and £10m [...]
The Welsh Government is currently providing significant financial support to new food waste treatment infrastructure via a network of anaerobic digestion (AD) hubs, which involve the majority of local authorities across Wales. The issue of digestate management is therefore of huge importance as this network of new facilities comes into [...]
Eunomia was commissioned by Zero Waste Scotland to analyse responses to the Scottish Government’s consultation on its National Litter Strategy. The consultation was published on 4th July 2013 and put forward a package of complementary measures designed to challenge individuals who litter and flytip, support those who already dispose of [...]
This study, undertaken by Eunomia Research & Consulting in conjunction with Professor Mikael Skou Andersen of Aarhus University, aims to evidence the potential economic and social benefits of environmental fiscal reform, to support the European Semester process on environmental protection and resource efficiency. It presents data on the potential of [...]
The ‘Targets Review Project’ was commissioned by DG Environment of the European Commission. The project reviewed issues with, and possible changes to, the key targets in the Waste Framework Directive, the Landfill Directive and the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive. This project was delivered by Eunomia Research & Consulting (Eunomia) [...]
This presentation was given at a joint conference hosted by the Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association and the British Hospitality Association, exploring how to overcome the barriers preventing hospitality sector food waste from being recycled. It looks at the challenges of making separate food waste collection work commercially, both for [...]
This work, commissioned by Serco, sets out to answer a deceptively simple question: do recycling incentive schemes help to increase recycling rates? With their £2m investment in the Reward and Recognition fund the Government has provided funding for those authorities seeking to invest in and make the case for recycling [...]
This work, commissioned by Serco, sets out to answer a deceptively simple question: do recycling incentive schemes help to increase recycling rates? With their £2m investment in the Reward and Recognition fund the Government has provided funding for those authorities seeking to invest in and make the case for recycling [...]
Eunomia was commissioned by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) to undertake an economic assessment of the South Plans Marine plan areas. The report is one of a number of studies related to the MMO’s marine planning work, which can be found on the organisation’s website. This assessment provides a baseline [...]
