Evidencing Waste Prevention and Recycling Targets for Natural Resources Wales

The Situation The UK uses more water than it rains – but awareness of how we can save water is low. Our challenge was to encourage Affinity Water’s users across South East England to do their bit and use water more efficiently. We knew that getting people to change entrenched daily behaviours would take more than…

The Situation Many nations struggle with the environmental impact of waste management, facing challenges such as waste crime, sustainability concerns, and the need for accurate data to drive policy and the circular economy. Traditional, paper-based waste tracking systems yield unreliable data, hindering countries, including the UK, from effectively managing waste. Solutions Digital Impact A transformational,…

The Situation WRAP trials have proven that low-cost intervention measures, such as using bin stickers, information leaflets and caddy liners, can increase the amount of household food waste collected for recycling. With this in mind, WRAP’s goal was to produce a Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) tool that would be available to local authorities (LAs) and…

The Situation US-based energy transition and decarbonisation infrastructure investor ECP, formerly Energy Capital Partners, sought a detailed understanding of the current and future UK plastic waste market. The objective was to support ECP’s due diligence for a proposed acquisition of Biffa plc, one of the UK’s leading integrated waste and recycling companies with a leading…

The Situation A global investment organisation with a focus on investments that drive climate action, acquired an operator of Waste-to-Energy facilities in North America, the UK and Ireland in 2021. The organisation’s purpose-driven investment model presents several growth opportunities for the waste operator, whose business centres on sustainable waste processing and the advancement of the…

The Situation Plastic recycling supply chains are often local and unique as they rely on many informal transactions driven by local conditions, traditions, and cultures, as well as local and regional infrastructure and markets. Very few existing studies on national waste flows explore the plastic supply chains in a more localised context. Recognising this need…

The Situation Following the fundraising and pro-bono support provided to the Trussell Trust, we are pleased to be continuing to support the UK anti-poverty charity by offering our sustainability expertise to enhance its environmental and social impacts. The Trussell Trust’s ambition was to deepen its positive impact in the environmental sphere and to actively drive…

The Situation Closed Loop Partners is a US-based investment firm and innovation centre focused on building the circular economy. Over the last seven years, its Centre for the Circular Economy has researched, tested, and invested in solutions to tackle the urgent crisis of mounting plastic waste.   In 2019, Closed Loop Partners published its report on  Accelerating Circular Supply Chains for Plastics: A Landscape of Transformational Technologies…

The Situation Microsoft has committed to becoming zero waste across its direct operations, products, and packaging by 2030, including eliminating single-use plastic from its packaging by 2025. As part of this target, the company has undertaken a global effort to reduce the use of single-use plastic for servers and components within its data centre operations. The…

The Situation World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) ReSource: Plastic was released to close a critical measurement and reporting gap on corporate plastic engagement, helping companies turn their large-scale commitments into meaningful measurable action. The initiative works with a membership group to measure their plastic footprint and to track plastic management outcomes by country. WWF selected Anthesis as a…