New procurement rules have entered into force for companies bidding for large government contracts, with those seeking to win these contracts needing to prove that they have credible plans for reaching net zero by 2050 by the end of September 2021. Our principal consultant Duncan Oswald explains what this means [...]
Our new guide produced for SUEZ recycling and recovery UK reveals the significant potential for social value to become integral to environmental services contracts and to help local authorities address the dual challenges of climate change and a green recovery. Although a feature of the public procurement landscape since 2012, [...]
We are delighted to have been selected by Orkney Islands Council to undertake a capital appraisal of its proposed new integrated waste facility. The new facility will combine waste sorting and treatment, as well as offering an opportunity to integrate some existing waste depots and household waste recycling centres. It [...]
Eunomia has been commissioned by the German International Cooperation (GIZ) to deliver a study which assesses the current, and likely future, scale of the use of alternative fuels, derived from waste, in Greece. The work includes an analysis of the current situation and the legal, institutional and technical aspects which [...]
Four Eunomia staff members have been recognised in the 2020 Resource Magazine Hot 100. The annual list saw 12,000 voters from across the waste and resources sector choose their top influencers from the last 12 months. No. 95: Emma How – ‘diligent and well-connected’ At no. 95, Specialist Technical Advisor, [...]
Somerset Waste Partnership (SWP) recently completed a successful tender for the council’s waste collection options, despite challenging circumstances. Our new report, written alongside SWP, provides insight into the process. The results of the report were presented by SWP and the winning bidders, SUEZ recycling and recovery UK (SUEZ), at a webinar [...]
We have been working with WRAP Cymru and Sustainable Global Resources to develop a guide for procuring plastics in the Welsh public sector. 400,000 tonnes of plastic waste were generated in Wales in 2014, with a growing body of evidence indicating that waste not collected for recycling is accumulating in [...]
The London Borough of Waltham Forest has recently awarded its eight-year, £112 million Neighbourhoods Services Contract to Urbaser Ltd. We have been working with the council from the beginning of the process in July 2017, when we carried out a Commissioning Options Analysis on the waste collection, grounds maintenance and [...]
We are supporting York Business Improvement District (BID) to procure a collaborative commercial waste contract. The aim is to secure a high quality, low cost waste collection service for businesses in the city. York BID has asked commercial waste collectors to put forward proposals to improve the bin collections that [...]
We are supporting St Albans Business Improvement District (BID) to procure a collaborative commercial waste contract, with the aim of securing a high quality, low cost waste collection service for businesses in the city. St Albans BID has asked commercial waste collectors to put forward proposals to improve the bin [...]