The European Environment Agency (EEA) is an agency of the European Union (EU) which provides independent information on the environment to policy makers and the public. As part of a consortium, we were asked to contribute to a project evaluating the EEA and its network of supporting organisations, including the [...]
The waste collection, grounds maintenance and cleansing service contracts for the London Borough of Waltham Forest were coming to a close, so the council appointed us to support the decision on the future commissioning of the services. Initially, we carried out a Commissioning Options Analysis, which saw us undertake waste [...]
The Environmental Services Association Educational Trust (ESAET) and the Environmental Services Association (ESA) commissioned us to help them understand the scale of waste crime in the UK and rethink how it might be tackled. Our 2017 report Rethinking Waste Crime drew attention to how illegal waste operators blight local communities, [...]
The London Borough of Hounslow wanted to bring their collection service back ‘in-house’ to their local authority trading company Recycle 360. In order to do so, they asked us to develop conceptual designs for their new waste transfer and processing facility. We were commissioned with a brief to develop a [...]
With their current contract drawing to a close, Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council (WHBC) saw the opportunity to redevelop their existing waste depot to fully optimise the available space, and to potentially utilise the site for a Household Waste and Recycling Centre (HWRC) for Hertfordshire County Council (HCC). The aim of [...]
The Environment Agency asked us to carry out primary research to find evidence for the value of nature-based prescribing – whether in benefits to health and wellbeing, or in raising awareness of water pollution and conservation issues in rivers. To deliver the project, we facilitated relationships with relevant stakeholders including [...]
Zero Waste Europe commissioned us to carry out a study considering the use of embodied energy (the consideration of the energy in materials and products) as a measure for product performance. The results of the report were used by Zero Waste Europe to develop a public-facing document setting out the [...]
When an offshore windfarm developer required help bidding in the UK Government’s Contracts for Difference (CfD) low carbon electricity generation support mechanism, we provided the market intelligence needed to inform its bid. CfDs are allocated via a competitive auction, with the aim of allocating support to those projects with the [...]
The European Commission asked us to provide support with producing measures for reducing microplastics. The resulting report is unique in its comprehensive research and wide-reaching analysis of the identification of sources and pathways of microplastics and corresponding measures. The report, ‘Investigating Options for Reducing Releases in the Aquatic Environment of [...]
FIFA, the international football association, were under pressure from their members and the wider public to disclose the environmental impacts of artificial turf pitches. FIFA asked us as an independent technical specialist to carry out a life cycle assessment of different types of artificial turf, and to investigate recycling options. [...]