Our latest special report, published today, has found that rolling out electric refuse trucks would cut carbon dioxide emissions, reduce air pollution and cut down on costs, once monetised emissions are taken into account. The report, authored by a team of our waste operations and emissions experts, shows that switching [...]
Welsh County Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council has topped our Recycling Carbon Index for being the best recycler in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in terms of the greenhouse gas emissions saved through its efforts in 2017/18. This year’s Recycling Carbon Index shows that council recycling schemes in England, Wales [...]
Turkey could reap annual environmental benefits worth ₺705 million and reduce CO2 emissions by 260,000 tonnes by introducing a deposit return system (DRS). The Turkish Government confirmed in early 2019 that it will introduce deposits on beverage containers by 2021 as part of its zero waste initiative and efforts to [...]
Alberta’s recycling sector generated $700 million in economic value in 2018, as well as supporting over 7,500 direct jobs, our new analysis has found. The analysis also highlights the potential to increase this contribution in future to $1.4 billion in economic value, and 13,000 jobs. In addition to the benefits [...]
The Greater London Authority (GLA) has released an updated greenhouse gas (GHG) calculator for London boroughs to use to project their performance against the GLA’s Emissions Performance Standard (EPS). The EPS is a world first, with London being the first city to set climate-related targets alongside targets for waste management [...]
Nordic nations require a significant increase in recycling in order to meet the revised EU recycling targets, despite the region including some of the most developed and mature waste management systems in Europe. Of the Nordic countries reporting their recycling rate to Eurostat, we found that an increase of between [...]
With public concern around single use plastics (SUPs) at an all-time high, the National Trust commissioned us to review the approaches being taken towards single-use packaging across a number of its properties, as well as the waste prevention initiatives being put in place. Although the Trust has already made a [...]
We have been working with Mepex on behalf of the Norwegian Environment Agency (NEA) to map the impacts of a switch away from 19 commonly-littered single use plastic items in Norway. On 27 March 2019, the European Parliament formally passed the Single Use Plastic Directive, which will require Member States [...]
Working with a range of partners, we have designed and launched a trial campaign to prevent battery fires by encouraging people to recycle batteries separately and safely. “Batteries can burn and fires can kill – Recycle batteries separately” is the strong message from the new campaign in Merseyside which runs [...]
We have been working with Green Purposes Company (GPC) to provide information on current global green investments. GPC holds a special share created by UK Government to safeguard the green mission of the Green Investment Bank (GIB) following its sale to Macquarie and re-branding as the Green Investment Group (GIG). [...]