CHEM Trust commissioned Eunomia to review available information on different chemical recycling technologies and to assess their performance, feasibility and how they could fit into existing waste management systems, focusing particularly on their energy use, climate impacts, and handling of hazardous chemicals. The final report, Chemical Recycling: State of Play, outlines [...]

Published in December 2020, the eighth edition of the Recycling Carbon Index shows council recycling schemes in England, Wales and Northern Ireland saved CO2 emissions equivalent to over 717,000 return flights between London and Sydney in 2018/19. The annual index uses the most up-to-date waste data to calculate the quantity [...]

Break Free From Plastic commissioned Eunomia to write a report which explored how life cycle assessment (LCA) –the de facto tool used across the world for assessing the environmental impacts of products and processes—is used today to influence policy decision making, particularly in regards to single-use plastic products. The final [...]

Natural Course commissioned Eunomia to produce a report to better understand water governance across the North West (England) River Basin District, with a more focused look in Cumbria, and provide suggestions as to whether a new  water governance model could work and what that model could be. Natural Course is [...]

Eunomia produced this report for WWF Greece, outlining the key policy measures and associated actions to drive solutions to plastic pollution in Greece. This report builds on the findings of the WWF Greece report Plastic pollution in Greece: How to Stop It – A Practical Guide for Policy Makers. This [...]

This report conducted by Eunomia for Defra explores the essential characteristics for a successful extended producer responsibility scheme for electrical and electronic equipment. The implementation of such as scheme would be to ensure maximum environment benefits are achieved at proportionate cost to business. This is in line with the life [...]

Eunomia produced this report on the flexible films market in Europe for Plastics Recyclers Europe. The report provides the latest data and trends regarding: the current state of the flexible film market in Europe; key changes impacting the market and the challenges faced by the supply chain; and what the [...]

Eunomia and our collaborators COWI, Milieu, Fraunhofer and Navigant were commissioned by DG Environment to produce a report to identify product groups which have a high potential for circularity and the extent to which existing EU policies and legal instruments address this. The purpose of this study is to support [...]

This report, which was co-authored by our policy experts alongside consultancy COWI, Adelphi, Ecophys and Milieu explored the feasibility of reinforcing the Essential Requirements for packaging with a view to improving design for reuse and promoting high quality recycling, as well as strengthening their enforcement. The work included six main components which [...]

This study, conducted by Eunomia for Zero Waste Europe and Réseau Vrac, is one of the first that evaluates the state of play and potential future growth scenarios for the packaging free shop sector in Europe. It has sought to make headway into enhancing general understanding of the packaging free [...]