The Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) carbon reduction strategy commits all UK universities to delivering a 43% reduction in carbon emissions by 2020, compared with a 2005 baseline. When the University of Reading needed help developing a heat network to deliver carbon emission reductions across its campus, it [...]
Zero Waste Scotland commissioned us to carry out a study that explored and quantified the indirect costs of litter in Scotland so they could understand the wider impact of the problem. This was the first project that looked at ‘the bigger picture’: before this research there was limited understanding of [...]
The Environment Agency (EA) is the second largest navigation authority in the UK and is responsible for managing around 1000km of inland waterways. They wanted to understand what impact changing their boat registration fees would have on the market, and came to us for support. Our specialists in econometrics explored [...]
When Northampton Borough Council (BC) needed help with the commissioning of its 10-year £110m Environmental Services Contract and wanted to improve the quality of the services delivered, it turned to us to provide procurement expertise. The services to be procured included waste collection, management of the recycling materials post-collection, cleansing, [...]
UK Power Networks, a leading distribution network operator which delivers electricity across 29,000 square kilometres in London, the South East and East of England, has commissioned us over a number of years to support its Annual Packaging Regulation Analysis and Submission. Under the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations, if [...]
Northern Ireland has 98 Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs). These sites have been identified as having a crucial role to play in meeting statutory recycling targets, in the NI Gap Analysis carried out by WRAP and DAERA (Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs). We were commissioned by WRAP to [...]
One of the largest global food and beverage franchises wanted to understand which environmental policies and packaging initiatives would affect the future of their packaging design and management. They also wanted to check their current packaging was compliant with the UK packaging regulations. We carry out an annual review for [...]
We were commissioned by Bath Business Improvement District (Bath BID) to design and manage a tender process to secure a new commercial waste collection service which resulted in businesses in the UNESCO city making savings of up to 50% whilst also creating cleaner streets. Bath BID, funded by 660+ levy [...]
One of the many ways the Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) supports local authorities throughout Wales is to provide help engaging householders on how to use their recycling services. When the WLGA wanted to review the suite of statistics used in waste and recycling communications in Wales, and to develop [...]
Lakeland Dairies, a major dairy processing cooperative based in Ireland with a turnover of over 700 million euros, had been asked by their customers to investigate alternatives to their single use plastic packaging, including plastic straws, for their milk products. They commissioned us to give them a better understanding of [...]