The 5th edition of our Recycling Carbon Index shows the CO2 emissions savings from local authorities’ waste and recycling services in 2015/16. The leading carbon saver across England, Wales and Northern Ireland was Powys County Council, who saved an average of 130kg of CO2 per person in 2015/16. Wales was [...]

In this report, prepared jointly with the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), we analyse recycling data from around the world to understand which countries really lead the municipal waste recycling league table. Recycling – Who Really Leads the World? (Issue 2) is an update to the Eunomia publication (launched in March 2017) [...]

This report commissioned by UK charity Sustrans accompanies two Eunomia models developed to consider the potential air pollution impacts of some of Sustrans activities. The first approach is the ‘Scheme-based Model’, which takes data on specific Sustrans schemes such as Connect2 and Community Links for specific areas, with the aim [...]

In this report for DG Environment, Eunomia and partners Adelphi and COWI present an analysis of how “green” is defined in the context of green finance and the global financial system. This report presents an overview and analysis of worldwide efforts on defining “green” for green finance products, including green bonds, [...]

Eunomia provided written evidence to the Government’s Environmental Audit Committee for their inquiry into Disposable Packaging: Coffee Cups and Plastic Bottles. The written evidence explores how plastic bottles and other beverage containers can be better managed to prevent litter and more fully respect the waste hierarchy. This included exploring deposit [...]

Seas at Risk, an umbrella organisation of European environmental NGOs which promotes marine protection created this summary report using background research commissioned from Eunomia – Leverage Points for Reducing Single-use Plastics. This research is the first attempt to create a picture of single-use plastic consumption in Europe based on consumption [...]

This report was commissioned by Seas at Risk, an umbrella organisation of European environmental NGOs which promotes marine protection and is the first attempt to create a picture of single-use plastic consumption in Europe based on consumption estimates for key items of plastic pollution. The research uses market data from around Europe [...]

This Code of Practice (CoP) for the refuse derived fuel (RDF) supply chain has been published on behalf of the RDF Industry Group, a consortium comprising of a number of major waste management contractors and operators both from the UK and across Europe. The CoP was written by Eunomia, as [...]

This study analyses the financial impact a deposit refund system (DRS) would have on local authority waste services in England. The report was commissioned by a consortium comprising Keep Britain Tidy, the Marine Conservation Society, Surfers Against Sewage, Campaign to Protect Rural England and Reloop, together with Melissa and Stephen Murdoch. [...]

This poster on Radical EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility) Solutions to Drive the Circular Economy was presented by Principal Consultant Peter Jones and the head of Eunomia’s New York office Sarah Edwards at ISWA’s World Congress in Baltimore, held jointly with SWANA’s WasteCon in September 2017. The poster covers the following areas: [...]