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    Governing Jevons’ Paradox: Policies and Systemic Alternatives to Avoid the Rebound Effect
    | | Research| Jaume Freire González
    2021

    In this article we lay the foundations for a new approach for Jevons Paradox and rebound effects, based on how it is triggered (origin) and how it expands (expansion), and from it, explore…

    Environmental rebound effect of energy efficiency improvements in Colombian households
    | | Research| Jaume Freire González
    2020

    Colombia aims to diversify and decarbonize its energy sector by encouraging the use of non-conventional renewable resources. Policies and/or measures to achieve this will presumably help…

    “The sea is our life” Woman in the fishery sector of the Valencian Community
    | Research
    2020

    Traditionally the role of women in fishing has gone largely unnoticed, but now in recent years there has been a growing interest about them. However, the task of identifying and quantifying…

    Pandemics and the environmental rebound effect: reflections from COVID-19
    | Research| Jaume Freire González
    2020

    The irruption of the COVID-19 pandemic has raised concerns on sustainability issues. The pandemic has accelerated the implementation of technologies such as ICT and shifts in mobility…

    Municipal Waste Taxation
    | | Ignasi Puig Ventosa
    2020

    Local authorities are key players in the management of municipal waste. The regulatory framework and the prevailing economic incentives – in particular, landfill and waste incineration…

    Assessing the Permanence of Land-Use Change Induced by Payments for Environmental Services: Evidence From Nicaragua
    | Research| Jaume Freire González
    2020

    Gains achieved by conservation interventions such as Payments for Environmental Services (PES) may be lost upon termination of the program, a problem known as permanence. However, there…

    The Spanish Mediterranean fishing sector and its market reaction to the ongoing coronavirus crisis
    | Research| Miquel Ortega Cerdà
    2020

    This report is an in-depth urgent analysis about the evolution of the fishing sector at the spanish mediterranean coast in a daily changing environment. Thus, the data used here is…

    Divers perceptions and implications for sustainable tourism management in the Ceará State Coast, Brazil
    | Luís Campos Rodrigues
    2020

    The analysis of the perceptions of divers can be a useful tool for developing sustainable tourism. Despite its importance, there is still little understanding of the role of perceptions of…

    A waste lexicon to negotiate extended producer responsibility in free trade agreements
    | Rosaria Chifari
    2020

    Developing economies largely rely on imported consumer goods from the manufacturing industries of industrialized economies through free-trade agreements.
    After consumption, goods end-up in…

    Robust information for effective municipal solid waste policies: Identifying behaviour of waste generation across spatial levels of organization
    | Rosaria Chifari
    2020

    Existing studies have studied influencing factors of MSW generation behaviour at different spatial levels of organization, but always one at a time and not simultaneously. Income is a…

    Taxes on Air Pollution in Spain
    | Ignasi Puig Ventosa| Luís Campos Rodrigues| Rosaria Chifari
    2019

    The emission of air pollutants has detrimental effects on the environment and on human health. Taxes on air pollution are currently applied by seven Autonomous Communities in Spain. This…

    Landfill reactions to society actions: The case of local and global air pollutants of Cerro Patacón in Panama
    | Rosaria Chifari
    2019

    This paper studies landfill emissions and the related environmental and health risks in Panama City, with the aim to sensitize the population about the harmful effects of irresponsible…

    The impact of improper materials in biowaste on the quality of compost
    | Ignasi Puig Ventosa| Luís Campos Rodrigues
    2019

    Separate collection of biodegradable waste provides a better-quality raw material for the production of fertilisers than material obtained from the mechanical separation of municipal solid…

    Energy taxation policies can counteract the rebound effect: Analysis within a general equilibrium framework
    | | Jaume Freire González
    2019

    The rebound effect reflects the difference between the expected energy savings from energy efficiency, and the real ones, considering the former is higher than the latter. In some extreme…

    The Concept of Generalised Extended Producer Responsibility (GEPR)
    | | Ignasi Puig Ventosa
    2019

    The notion of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) has been part of the waste policy for a long time, particularly within the OECD countries. According to the OECD, EPR “aims to make…

    Does Water Efficiency Reduce Water Consumption? The Economy-Wide Water Rebound Effect
    | Jaume Freire González
    2019

    Governments stimulate efficiency measures to save water resources, particularly in areas with high water stress and those that experience droughts. However, economic theory and some…

    The economy of nature
    | Ignasi Puig Ventosa| Jofre Rodrigo Aribau
    2019

    The article starts by highlighting how the existing economic framework intrinsically collides with nature conservation goals, due to massive presence of environmental externalities, and…

    User identification for municipal waste collection in high-density contexts
    | Research| Ignasi Puig Ventosa| Maria Calaf Forn
    2019

    The report aims to provide Local Authorities, particularly in a high-density context, with more information about these systems and to describe the basic steps needed for their…

    Carbon Taxes and the Double Dividend Hypothesis in a Recursive-Dynamic CGE model for Spain
    | Research| Jaume Freire González
    2019

    A carbon tax is potentially a policy that can reduce CO2 emissions and mitigate climate risks, at lowest economy-wide costs. We develop a dynamic CGE model for Spain to assess the economic…

    Environmental life cycle cost assessment: Recycling of hard plastic waste collected at Danish recycling centres
    | Research| Verònica Martinez
    2019

    Recycling of plastic waste is promoted by the European Union as an important step toward a circular economy. Recovered plastic waste is a complex and heterogeneous material, and the…

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  • What is ENT?
    ENT is a socio-economic initiative that is formed by 2 organisations: a consultancy (ENT environment and management) and a foundation (Fundació ENT). We are a multidisciplinary group of highly trained and experienced professionals who share the global vision and mission of the project.

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  • What we do?
    Our main areas of experience are:

    Waste.
    Economics and the Environment.
    Energy and Climate Change.
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    Maine Area.
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    ENT environment and management holds ISO 9001 and 14001 certificates, international standards that illustrate our commitment with quality and environmental management in the company.
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