We have created a new model to calculate the cost of dealing with littered items to inform discussions of how the burden of those costs can be shifted from local authorities towards producers under new producer responsibility legislation. The model, produced for WRAP, is a first-of-its kind tool and provides [...]
Dr Dominic Hogg, the chairman of Eunomia, has stepped aside after almost twenty years with the company. He has been replaced by Joe Papineschi who has worked alongside Dr Hogg as a Director of Eunomia since 2002, most recently leading Eunomia’s commercial development. Mike Brown will continue as Managing Director [...]
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 [...]
We have appointed industry expert Gavin Bailey to lead our new service area – Sustainable Future Transport. Gavin joins us after managing the business development for the Transportation, Sustainability and Operations group at TRL. He is a specialist in the development of environmentally and economically sustainable freight, fleet and supply [...]
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 [...]
We have been appointed as the sole contractor for Zero Waste Scotland (ZWS) in a two-year framework to carry out waste collection options appraisals for Scottish local authorities. ZWS is funded to support the delivery of the Scottish Government’s circular economy strategy – including an ambitious recycling target of 70% [...]