Defra has today published “illustrative” base fees setting out what obligated packaging producers will pay in the first year of the new Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regime for packaging...
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By Jacob Hayler, ESA Executive Director A rigorous, independent, study of energy-from-waste (EfW) capacity in England could help to reduce continued noise and activism around new capacity. Just before...
Sector overview report provides “ready-reckoner” on recycling and waste market for new policy makers
A new market research report, published by the Environmental Services Association (ESA) provides a valuable overview of the recycling and waste treatment sector, and its policy environment, for Government...
The ESA has congratulated The Labour Party on its victory in the 2024 General Election, and says it looks forward to working with the new Government to deliver recycling...
Three weeks into the General Election campaign the main political contenders have now published their manifestos, painting a picture of what life in the United Kingdom would look like...
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...
By Jacob Hayler, Executive Director of the Environmental Services Association. Falling immediately off the back of more palatable inflation figures, the Prime Minister’s snap General Election announcement sparked a...
The Environmental Services Association (ESA) has today (Wednesday 22nd May 2024) published an update to its biodiversity best practice guidance for recycling and waste management operators – helping the...
Jacob Hayler is Executive Director of the Environmental Services Association (ESA) and, in his second vlog of 2024 (recorded in May just prior to the General Election announcement), talks...
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...
