Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are responsible for around 48% of all waste fires occurring in the UK each year, costing some £158 million annually to waste operators, fire services and the environment, according to new research we conducted. Li-ion batteries are found in an increasing number of electrical and electronic household [...]
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, [...]
Working with a range of partners, we have designed and launched a trial campaign to prevent battery fires by encouraging people to recycle batteries separately and safely. “Batteries can burn and fires can kill – Recycle batteries separately” is the strong message from the new campaign in Merseyside which runs [...]
Sign up to this webinar series to enter the discussion and contribute your views. We have been commissioned by UK Research & Innovation to develop a roadmap looking at future opportunities and needs for the UK plastics supply chain, supporting the transition to a circular plastics economy. This exercise is [...]
In March 2019 our consultants led two days of workshops in Brussels to gather ideas, facilitate discussions and canvass industry opinions for two studies that we are currently undertaking for the European Commission. One of these reports relates to the development of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) (covering packaging, waste electrical [...]
