This report is the result of a desktop study, commissioned by the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture (Cefas) under the Commonwealth Marine Litter Programme (CLiP). Its aim was to provide a worldwide overview, by country, on current single-use plastic restrictions, and an analysis of any alternatives being used as [...]
We were commissioned by Zero Waste Scotland, on behalf of the Scottish Government’s Plastic Pellet Loss Steering Group, to work with stakeholders to design a supply chain system to minimise plastic pellet pollution throughout the supply chain. Pellets are a raw material for plastic products and the second most significant [...]
We have been working with Common Seas, an organisation with a mission to tackle the flow of plastics into the oceans, to develop Plastic Drawdown, a comprehensive approach for governments to understand plastic waste flows and optimise policies to tackle ocean pollution. We used the Plastic Drawdown approach to assess [...]
This report for Common Seas uses Plastic Drawdown, a comprehensive tool to support governments in identifying the best policies to mitigate their country’s plastic pollution, to explore the impact of the Resources and Waste Strategy on reducing plastic pollution into UK rivers and seas. The research also compares the impact [...]
On Tuesday 11 December 2018 we announced the opening of our new company, domiciled in Athens, Greece. Eunomia Research and Consulting IKE will be led from Athens by Hara Xirou, who has spent the last four years building our northern European presence as the Head of our Brussels office. One [...]
Our Zero Waste Cup scheme attracted the attention of event organisers, conference producers, and businesses large and small at the National Exhibition Centre for the NEC’s Resources and Waste Management conference on the 12th and 13th September 2018. We set up the Zero Waste Cup scheme in partnership with the NEC’s [...]
We are running a photo competition as part of our Clean Rivers Cleaner Seas campaign which aims to raise awareness of riverine plastic pollution. Sustainable clothing brand Finisterre has joined forces with us and will be offering a Litus Waterproof for the winning photo. The aim of the competition is to [...]
We have recruited five new consultants, including industry veteran, Duncan Oswald, who joins as Senior Consultant in Scotland. Duncan has 25 years’ experience in the industry, and is now part of Eunomia’s growing resource efficiency team. He previously managed Ecodyn Ltd, which he founded in 2000. Duncan’s experience and network [...]
This study, commissioned by the environmental charity Fidra, explores a number of issues relating to plastic pellet emissions from facilities in the UK. The pellets, sometimes known as nurdles, are lentil-sized particles of plastic that are used as feedstock for the manufacture of plastic products. Fidra and other organisations have found [...]