This report for the Norwegian Environment Agency maps 19 single-use plastics in Norway to understand the impacts of a move to alternative materials or reusable options with the aim of reducing littering. The research, which also included an analysis of the costs and environmental impacts of switching to alternative materials, [...]
Awareness around the issues microplastics cause in the marine environment has continued to grow over the past 12 months, however businesses are often overlooked in the discussion. To combat this, we have been working with Earthwatch Europe to put together guidance on how to help businesses respond to microplastics and [...]
Our Head of Environmental Policy and Economics, Dr Chris Sherrington, was commissioned by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF)’s China Programme to speak as part of an exchange of expertise on the design of policies to improve the management of plastics and microplastics. The exchange, which took place in the first [...]
Eunomia produced this report for Friends of the Earth on the household contributions to marine plastic pollution. Globally, millions of tonnes of plastic waste are thought to enter the marine environment every year. This plastic can float on the ocean surface, be washed up on beaches or sink to the [...]
On the 11th July our Brussels office will be co-hosting a forum exploring ‘How to Reduce the Impact of Plastic Products on the Marine Environment’ in partnership with the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment and European media platform EURACTIV. The forum follows the European Commission’s launch of an awareness-raising [...]
On World Environment Day, marked on the 5th of June, the UN Environment Programme launched the latest policy document outlining action to tackle plastic pollution caused by single-use items. Our Chairman Dominic Hogg was one of the peer reviewers for the new report. The report, Single-Use Plastics: A Roadmap for [...]
Our Plastics in the Marine Environment infographic showing the sources and destinations of marine plastics has provided the inspiration for a 14 square metre information panel at the Miramare Marine Reserve in Trieste, Italy. The panel has been installed at the reserve’s WWF-managed visitor centre to educate visitors on the [...]
Investigating options for reducing releases in the aquatic environment of microplastics emitted by products [...]
The issue of marine plastic pollution has been gaining increasing traction in the news and Eunomia has been advising the media on the scale of the problem while recommending policy solutions throughout – here we round-up a snapshot of our influence so far. Our modellers have been working with the [...]
This report was commissioned by Seas at Risk, an umbrella organisation of European environmental NGOs which promotes marine protection and is the first attempt to create a picture of single-use plastic consumption in Europe based on consumption estimates for key items of plastic pollution. The research uses market data from around Europe [...]