Along with our partners environmental not-for-profit City to Sea, we have released a new report, which is the first of its kind in the UK, taking an in-depth look at the single-use packaging and disposables problem in the food-to-go sector, including cafes, fast food outlets and coffee chains in the [...]
Eunomia is pleased to announce it will be providing technical support to Zero Waste Scotland and the National Bed Federation to assess Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) approaches to improve the circularity of mattress production and waste management in Scotland. Due to the bulky size and mix of products within a [...]
Options for an environmental aggregates levy for Scotland which would continue to tax crushed rock, gravel and sand, have been explored by international environmental consultancy Eunomia in the report for the Scottish Government, Evidence Review and Illustrative Policy Options for a Scottish Aggregates Levy. Eunomia analysed the recycling rate of [...]
Eunomia has produced a UK plastics roadmap, Future Opportunities and Needs in the UK plastics Supply Chain, for UK Research & Innovation. The roadmap identifies ways that can help the transition to a circular plastics economy in the UK. This research was conducted under the Plastics Research and Innovation Fund [...]
We need to think innovatively about how we produce value from natural resources to transition to a circular economy. Prior to her appointment at Eunomia, our Consultant Star Molteno completed a project which reviewed how local and small-scale economic engagement with forestry can play a role in establishing sustainable bio-economies. [...]
We have been commissioned by the Greek Federation of Recycling and Energy Recovery for Industry, SEPAN (ΣΕΠΑΝ), to develop a comprehensive Annual Report demonstrating progress towards a more circular economy in Greece. The resulting report, due in September 2020, will deliver a good practice review and recommend priority actions for [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
A new Eunomia report reveals how the UK consistently overestimates how much of the plastic packaging waste it produces gets recycled. Official statistics say that in 2015 UK households and businesses produced 2.26m tonnes of plastic packaging waste. Almost 39% was claimed to have been recycled, well above the current [...]