Our latest report for Zero Waste Europe analyses the decarbonisation pathways for single-use drinks packaging, namely glass, PET (plastic) and aluminium. Following on from our work looking at global materials we now turn our attention to the product level, how do they stack up against each other and align with [...]

Textiles have some of the most significant environmental impacts in Europe after food, housing and transport. Key to reducing these impacts will be enabling circular use and end-of-life solutions through Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), reducing the vast quantities of disposed, landfilled or incinerated textiles. In this report we argue that [...]

The European Union has led the world since the 1970s in thought and action on how to responsibly prevent and manage waste. The EU economy as a whole still wastes a great deal, however – spending money to discard resources as waste and then spending more on extracting and importing [...]

This project has been undertaken to evaluate the impacts of developing and implementing an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) program in the Yukon. The Yukon Government is considering the development of an EPR program in the territory and is seeking to evaluate the current state of recycling in the territory as [...]

Eunomia was commissioned to examine the potential role of “mixed waste sorting” (MWS) to complement separate collections of municipal waste in the EU, and to consider whether higher levels of recycling and improved climate change performance can be achieved through this further sorting of municipal waste for recycling prior to [...]

As Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) programs for packaging and paper products (PPP) are considered and introduced across the United States, questions have developed on the effects that EPR might have on a variety of recycling system characteristics. At its core, EPR serves to transfer the costs of operating recycling programs [...]

Achieving a more circular economy for packaging and paper products (PPP) is a critical part of the state of Washington’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the economy and environment from the effects of climate change. Despite increasing investments in recycling services, less than half of all packaging [...]

Reuse is the continued use, repair, or repurposing of items or materials which extends the life of resources and decreases demand for new production. These activities result in environmental, economic, and social benefits. With this study, Reuse Minnesota intended to refine the methodologies of previous studies conducted by Reuse Minnesota [...]

Environmental taxation has the potential to play a key role in delivering on the European Green Deal objectives and incentivising the shift towards a sustainable, decarbonised economy. The European Commission has explicitly highlighted that well-designed tax reforms can “play a direct role by sending the right price signals and providing [...]

It is estimated that there is a 67% chance of limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels if cumulative greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions stay below 400 GtCO2, however current trajectories suggest that this budget will be depleted within the next 10 years if growth rates are maintained. Emissions from [...]