On 17 April we joined the latest CE100 accelerator meeting near Dusseldorf. It was a chance not only to meet up with clients like Michelin, IBM and Lexmark but also to pick up on emergent themes. Plastics, textile and food waste issues are ever present at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's CE100 events, but this time we noted two new themes...
Read MoreA comprehensive material flow analysis of magnesium metal in the EU for 2012, from which we predict that Mg recycling in the EU is increasing, and that the material and value extraction from the Al and Mg alloys in ELVs will help offset the decrease in revenue from steel and contribute to the EU achieving its ELV recycling targets.
Read MoreOur report provided DG Environment with evidence to assess the implementation of Article 4 of the WEEE Directive using printer cartridge reuse as a case study. We also targeted recommendations for Member States to improve promotion and compliance with EU legislation, particularly related to the reuse of EEE.
Read MoreWe have to move away from thinking of waste as a problem to realising that it is a resource. This requires cooperation between the waste industry and circular economy enterprises, engaged citizens and integrated infrastructure at all levels from local to EU-wide. This report examines five waste streams identified in the EU’s Circular Economy Action Plan: municipal, packaging, food, bio- and critical raw material wastes.
Read MoreOur report for Defra estimates potential savings to the UK economy from corporate resource efficiency interventions. Updating previous studies, we quantified savings of £5.7-7.2 billion for the UK economy from efficiency improvements related to water, energy, raw material consumption and waste generation. There is still work to be done for other sectors to ensure the challenge and ambition of possible savings are properly quantified. For companies, the message is that resource efficiency savings are still there to be made.
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