Published in September 2018, the sixth edition of the Recycling Carbon Index shows council recycling schemes in England, Wales and Northern Ireland saved CO2 emissions equivalent to boiling the kettle for 285 billion cups of tea in 2016/17. The annual index uses the most up-to-date waste data to calculate the [...]

The overall aim of this project was to contribute to a growing evidence base on the benefits of social prescribing, and to show the practicalities of setting up a river-based social prescription that could be followed by other groups, particularly catchment partnerships and Rivers Trusts. ‘Social prescribing’ refers to the [...]

This report, commissioned by Ditto Sustainability, examines the impact of the circular economy on businesses. Our research provides guidance for businesses exploring the possibility of incorporating circular economy principles into their business models. The report: defines the circular economy; makes a business case for the circular economy; provides a range [...]

This organic collections poster was presented at the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA)’s WASTECON 2018 as part of their poster competition held on the 21st of August 2018 in Nashville. The poster was put together by the Head of our New York office Sarah Edwards and was presented [...]

This report, commissioned by Sacramento County, the City of Sacramento, and the Sacramento Regional Solid Waste Authority, recommends a series of policy measures to reduce the costs to the county of tackling illegal dumping. Sacramento had seen an increase in illegal dumping of 32% in the last three years, with [...]

This report, compiled using data from the UK Government’s Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), looks at how the data collected can help the process of deploying smaller-scale renewable energy projects. This research aims to inform the set up of renewable energy projects in the UK by examining data on two [...]

This study commissioned by Anglian Water, South West Water and Wessex Water, was carried out by Indepen, a management consultancy working in the infrastructure sectors, Eunomia, and WWF-UK. The purpose of the project has been to consider post-Brexit agriculture and trade policy options and test their potential effects on water [...]

This report for the Welsh Government identifies the options for extended producer responsibility (EPR) schemes to tackle end of life management issues, including litter and plastic pollution, associated with key food and drink packaging. The aim of this research was to outline a range of options for the implementation of [...]

This project completed a pilot trial of a social prescription on the upper reaches of the Bristol Frome, in the South Gloucestershire region. ‘Social prescribing’ refers to the range of non-medical referral options, such as nature-based interventions, that medical professionals can use alongside existing treatments to improve health and wellbeing. [...]

DG Environment commissioned us to lead a consortium to undertake a ‘Study to Identify Member States at Risk of Non-compliance with the 2020 target of the Waste Framework Directive’. This project came under the Waste Framework Directive‘s Early Warning System, which requires the European Commission to develop Early Warning Reports [...]