Eunomia has convened a consortium to explore the costs of, and potential measures to prevent, fires which are being started by Lithium-ion (li-ion) batteries in waste. Fires in waste electronics are estimated to be growing: the incidence of fires in waste company Veolia’s refuse trucks are up 37.5% since 2017, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Bristol City Centre BID (Business Improvement District) is entering into a partnership with Veolia to deliver a new waste collection service to city centre businesses. We supported the tender process by designing a competitive bidding process which looked at both price and quality of service. Bristol City Centre BID is [...]
Powys Council has been awarded our Recycling Carbon Index trophy for being the best recycler in England, Wales and Northern Ireland in terms of the greenhouse gas emissions saved through its efforts in 2015/2016. The result, revealed in our latest Recycling Carbon Index, saw the Welsh authority overtake Cheshire West and [...]
LeedsBID (Leeds Business Improvement District), working in partnership with Leeds-based Forge Recycling, is to deliver a new collection service to city centre businesses. Eunomia supported LeedsBID in tendering for a suitable contractor, by designing the competitive bidding process which looked at both price and quality of service. The new service, [...]