The ESA has today (1st May 2025), published its first update for 2025 to its long-running Situational Awareness campaign, which provides free-to-use training materials to address common risks faced by people...
Defra announced today (30th April 2025) that it will launch a “rapid review” of red tape currently blocking councils from seizing and crushing vehicles belonging to waste criminals; and will introduce...
Implementing universal kerbside collections for waste batteries and electricals across the UK could save £6bn over the next decade by increasing recycling and avoiding the costs associated with waste...
Implementing universal kerbside collections for waste batteries and electricals across the UK could save £6bn over the next decade by increasing recycling and avoiding the costs associated with waste...
The ESA welcomed publication of the Corry review earlier this week, which makes a raft of recommendations for overhauling Defra’ regulatory landscape to better tackle waste and environmental crime...
ESA Chairman, Michael Topham, appeared alongside Steve Reed in London earlier this morning (Thursday 27th March) as the Defra Secretary of State set out Government’s Circular Economy ambitions. Speaking to industry...
The Environment Agency (EA) has recently issued a critical business alert, emphasising the importance for all waste carriers, brokers, and dealers in England to register or renew their licenses...
The Environmental Services Association (ESA) has welcomed the recommendations made by the Climate Change Committee in its Seventh Carbon Budget today (26 February 2025) but highlighted that the recycling...
Last World Wildlife Day, we celebrated the unique role and contributions of wildlife to people and the planet. The UK’s Biodiversity is unfortunately declining, with 38% of species decreasing...
In his first vlog of 2025, the ESA’s Executive Director, Jacob Hayler, provides an update on the key topics currently affecting the recycling and waste treatment sector – including...