Recycling and waste collectors with a national footprint can routinely report more than four hundred “near-miss” incidents each year involving people sheltering inside waste containers, according to data shared...
Energy recovery facilities play a vital role in our society, safely and reliably treating millions of tonnes of the UK’s residual waste each year. These facilities are an essential...
The ESA has today (1st December 2025) expressed its support for the findings of a new report which puts forward recommendations to Government to help develop a thriving, circular...
John Scanlon, Chief Executive Officer of SUEZ recycling and recovery UK, is the new Chair of the Environmental Services Association (ESA), taking over from Michael Topham, who steps down...
The Environmental Services Association (ESA) has published a new guide to boost the development of district heating networks connected to energy-from-waste (EfW) facilities across the United Kingdom. A third...
By Charlotte Rule, Head of Climate and Energy policy at the Environmental Services Association (ESA) The Government’s recent Independent Review of Green House Gas Removals (GGR), chaired by Dr Alan Whitehead...
By Sam Corp, ESA Head of Regulation Wednesday, October 29, 2025 The House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee this week recommended that Government order an independent review...
In his quarterly vlog for Autumn 2025, ESA Executive Director, Jacob Hayler, reflects on some of the challenges and opportunities ahead for the recycling and waste treatment sector in...
By Guest Contributor, Rt Hon Dame Theresa Villiers DBE, former Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs The next few years will see implementation of changes...
The private sector has been doing a lot of the “heavy lifting” to roll out new services to comply with the requirements of Simpler Recycling, according to panellists speaking...









