Environment

We help our clients to raise awareness, communicate with, and understand the views of stakeholders on a variety of environmental issues and have a particular expertise in the field of climate change and recycling.

We tailor our service to meet the needs of each individual local authority and the varied communities they serve.

Our environmental work includes:

  • Research to feed into social marketing and behavioural change
  • Resident attitudinal surveys  
  • Monitoring and evaluation of recycling schemes
  • Participation monitoring
  • Services evaluation
  • Climate change awareness
  • Strategies for waste minimisation
  • National Indicator Research for Energy Efficiency

 

Focus on Waste Minimisation

One thing that we’ve noticed recently whilst carrying out research and engagement work for local authority clients is that there’s a definite shift in focus when it comes to perceptions of waste management towards reuse and reduction.

Two recent examples of this include our work for Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority and Cheshire West and Chester Council.

 

100 Day Waste Reduction Challenge - Cheshire West and Chester Council, with an excellent recycling rate, wanted to take the next step and encourage residents to reduce waste in the first place.  The council launched a new initiative, the 100 Days Reduction Waste Reduction Challenge, aimed at encouraging residents to reduce their waste by just 1kg a month rather than simply just focusing on recycling.  The challenge also encouraged community groups to get involved and arrange events such as ‘swap days’ to promote reuse and waste reduction.  

 

Don't Waste Your Say Public COnsultation - Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority, on behalf of the Merseyside and Halton Waste Partnership, commissioned Enventure to undertake a large-scale three month public consultation called Don’t Waste Your Say into how household waste should be managed on Merseyside over the next 30 years.  The consultation raised some really interesting issues and the findings are being used to develop the Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy, where waste prevention will play a big part.  Click here to visit the Don't Waste Your Say consultation website.

 

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