With input from members, the Environmental Services Association (ESA) has published a “concise” version of its emerging response to the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UKETS) Authority consultation on expanding...
Welcome to the new website of the Environmental Services Association (ESA) We are very pleased to publish our new-look website today (6th June 2024) and hope that our members,...
The UK Emissions Trading Scheme Authority has published consultation documents seeking stakeholder views on its proposals around the inclusion of energy recovery from waste in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). These...
To align with the International Day for Biological Diversity, the Environmental Services Association (ESA) has today (Wednesday 22nd May 2024) published an update to its biodiversity best practice guidance for recycling...
The Environment Agency and the Environmental Services Association (ESA) have today (Wednesday 15 May) re-launched the Waste Industry Placement Scheme to support the sharing of knowledge between the regulator...
The ESA has today responded to Defra’s plans for the implementation of simpler recycling by welcoming continued flexibility for councils in the way they collect recycling and waste at...
Defra has today announced that it will delay the start of the UK’s Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) until October 2027 in a decision that the ESA described as “sensible...
The ESA has today branded a ministerial direction to pause energy-from-waste permit determinations an “unnecessary and unwelcome piece of political theatre” – warning of consequences to market and investor...
The ESA has today welcomed an adjustment to Landfill Tax rates in the Chancellor’s Spring Budget. Landfill tax rates for the year 2025-26 will be adjusted to better reflect...
New rules, which come in to force today (Monday February 12), will require all large new developments, including recycling and waste treatment facilities, to demonstrate how they will increase...








