The UK government’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy commissioned Eunomia, in collaboration with Verco Advisory Services Ltd (Verco), and the Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE) to investigate the total costs to businesses of investing in energy efficient measures. The main objective of the research was to quantify the [...]

This study commissioned by the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), Europe’s largest network of environmental organisations with 140 members in over 30 countries, assesses and presents a range of policy options to improve waste prevention and management in the European furniture sector. The research highlights that every year 10 million tonnes of [...]

This study, commissioned by the European Commission, assesses the waste management situation in six Western Balkan countries on the pathway to EU accession and offers each country a Roadmap that would lead them towards a resource efficient economy that meets EU standards by 2020. The study includes the following countries: [...]

This study, commissioned by the Greater London Authority (GLA), models two new standards that Local Authorities in London should meet when managing waste-related Greenhouse Gas Emissions. The research has been used to update the city’s Emissions Performance Standard (EPS) on Local Authority Collected Waste (LACW) and the Carbon Intensity Floor (CIF) [...]

This document provides the information required to submit a successful final tender for the Leeds Business Improvement District (LeedsBID) commercial waste contract. Eunomia produced this document as part of a managed tender process, supporting LeedsBID to secure a high quality, low cost waste collection service for businesses in the city. [...]

The 12th edition of our Residual Waste Infrastructure Review highlights the significant growth in residual waste treatment capacity that has taken place since the company started tracking facility development. The report finds that: Since 2009/10, the UK has more than doubled its residual waste treatment capacity, which has increased from 6.3 [...]

Zero Waste Europe commissioned the report Use of Embodied Energy as an Indicator of Product Performance in Policy from Eunomia and created a summary of this research in Embodied Energy: A Driver for the Circular Economy. The full length report considered the potential of the following: An embodied energy indicator for Municipal [...]

This study, commissioned by the Catalan Waste Agency, analyses the technical, environmental and economic viability of the implementation of a deposit refund scheme (DRS) for single-use beverage containers in Catalonia. Drawing on expertise gained from DRS schemes worldwide, the study argues that the recycling of beverage containers in Catalonia could [...]

This study commissioned by the States of Jersey Environment, Housing and Infrastructure Scrutiny Panel is an independent review of proposals to introduce liquid waste charges for the non-household sector for the first time. Jersey’s Minister for Infrastructure Eddie Noel put forward proposals to introduce ‘user-pays’ charges for non-household liquid waste [...]

This study, commissioned by the New Zealand Waste Levy Action Group, maps out how, by raising and restructuring its waste disposal levy – currently just $10 (£5) per tonne – New Zealand could boost its gross value added (GVA) by $500 million (£287m). The New Zealand Waste Levy Action Group, a [...]