Latest News SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production Britain under-reports plastic packaging use Britain under-reports plastic use, according to Fresh Produce Journal. The piece reports that Green Alliance senior policy advisor, Libby Peake, told an Efra Select Committee that the UK has the highest reporting threshold in Europe on plastic producers. As a result, businesses are allowed to make up to 50 tonnes […] Read More
Publications SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production NEW PAPER: electronic waste and circular economy by Lenny Koh Grantham supervisor Professor Lenny Koh co-authors paper on the problem of electronic waste. The electric waste problem Electronic waste is […] Read More
Latest News Research SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production Plastics: Redefining Single-Use stakeholders meet up Our £1 million UKRI funded Plastics: Redefining Single-Use got off to a flying start. Our 2 day stakeholder event allowed […] Read More
Latest News SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production Could Plastic Be The Solution To Soil Pollution? By Tony Ryan Grantham Director Prof Tony Ryan OBE believes that plastic could be the solution to soil pollution, especially that caused by […] Read More
Comment SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production SDG 15 Life On Land SDG 2 Zero Hunger UN World Soil Day: we can all be the solution to soil pollution To celebrate UN World Soil Day 2018 we spoke to the Grantham Centre’s soil scientists. They told us some amazing […] Read More
Comment SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production Sheffield Students’ Union goes zero waste Grantham Scholar Gloria Mensah has been working with Sheffield Students’ Union to help them go zero waste. Zero waste and […] Read More
Comment Policy SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production Brexit, consumption and sustainability by Colin Osborne Is Brexit our chance to look at consumption and sustainability? Here our associate director Prof Colin Osborne argues that we […] Read More
Comment Latest News Policy SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production Football, Brexit and a heat-wave: a summer to remember by Peter Horton Our Chief Research Advisor, Peter Horton, reflects on summer 2018 – and how Brexit distracts from catastrophic climate change. The […] Read More
Latest News Research SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production Ecologically unequal exchange through trade: paper Keep reading to see Eunice’s explanation of her paper. Ecologically unequal exchanges through trade Ever wondered about the environmental impacts […] Read More
Publications Research SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production SDG 2 Zero Hunger Our people set out food security agenda in ambitious paper In an agenda-setting paper in the journal Food Security Grantham Centre experts and University of Sheffield researchers present their vision for […] Read More