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ESA Working Group | Waste Oil
2026-11-12 10:30 - 12:00 UTC | Online
EXCLUSIVE MEMBER ONLY WORKING GROUP
This is an exclusive Member Only Working Group focussing on Waste Oil. If you are a member and wish to join the group, please reach out in the normal ways

ESA Working Group | Clinical Waste
2026-11-17 10:00 - 12:00 | Online
EXCLUSIVE MEMBER ONLY WORKING GROUP
This is an exclusive Member Only Working Group focussing on Clinical Waste. If you are a member and wish to join the group, please reach out in the normal ways

letsrecycle.com Event | The Collections Conference
2026-11-19 | NAEC, Stoneleigh
With Simpler Recycling now live, EPR payments landing in real budgets and digital waste tracking becoming standard practice, 2026 marks a genuinely different moment for municipal collections. This year’s conference brings together local authorities, contractors, policy teams and technology suppliers for a day built entirely around the issues shaping collections right now.
Key themes on the day:

Simpler Recycling in practice, and what compliance now looks like
EPR funding and RAM expectations
Digital waste tracking, moving from pilot to standard practice
Vapes, batteries and fire risk on collection rounds
What DRS could mean for existing collections
Flexible plastics collection and end markets
Fleet electrification, and what’s realistically deployable now
Case studies on EEE collections and Podback’s next phase

Why attend:

Get the latest policy and regulatory updates straight from the people setting them
Understand how EPR and RAM are landing in practice, not just in theory
Hear honest, real-world case studies from authorities already navigating these changes
Get to grips with the operational risks and opportunities in DRS, flexible plastics and fire safety
Network with peers, contractors and suppliers facing the same pressures, with the chance to explore new partnerships and deals on the day

Westminster Legal Policy Forum Conference | Next steps for tackling waste crime
2026-11-25 09:00 - 13:00 | Online
This conference will examine the next steps for tackling waste crime in England, including developments with implications across the UK waste sector.
It will bring stakeholders and policymakers together to discuss implementation of the Government’s Waste Crime Action Plan, alongside ongoing reforms to the waste exemptions regime and the phased introduction of mandatory digital waste tracking.
Delegates will consider the practical implications of measures to prevent, enforce against and remediate illegal waste activity, including a zero-tolerance approach to addressing organised dumping, fly-tipping, landfill tax fraud and the misuse of exemptions and waste carrier regimes, following the Environment Agency publishing national waste crime heat maps in May 2025 and its National Waste Crime Survey in July 2025.

ESA Strategy Group | Health and Safety
2026-11-26 09:00 - 10:30 | Online
EXCLUSIVE MEMBER ONLY STRATEGY GROUP
This is an exclusive Member Only Strategy Group focussing on Health and Safety. If you are a member and wish to join the group, please reach out in the normal ways

ESA Board Meeting
2026-11-27 10:30 - 11:30 | London Marriott Grosvenor Square
CLOSED MEETING – BOARD MEMBER COMPANIES ONLY
The ESA Board Meeting is a closed meeting, and is only open to Board Representative companies that have been elected to the Board at the AGM.

ESA Annual Lunch 2026
2026-11-27 12:00 - 17:00 | London Marriott Grosvenor Square
SAVE THE DATE
More details will be released in 2026

ESA Working Group | Regulation
2026-12-03 10:30 - 14:30 | Online
EXCLUSIVE MEMBER ONLY WORKING GROUP
This is an exclusive Member Only Working Group focussing on Waste Industry Regulation. If you are a member and wish to join the group, please reach out in the normal ways

The 8th UK CCUS & Hydrogen Industrial Decarbonisation Summit
2027-02-09 - 2027-02-10 | The Royal Armouries Leeds
“ From Ambition to Delivery Scaling the UK’s CCUS, Hydrogen and Industrial Decarbonisation Economy ”
** ESA Members can obtain a 20% discount on summit entrance – please contact t-lockhart@esauk.org for more information **
This conference will focus on the role CCUS, and hydrogen will play in the UK’s industrial decarbonisation strategy. Discussions will also explore policy developments such as the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS), the impact of CBAM on UK industry, the potential of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), and the growing energy demands of data centres within the future energy system.
