By Emilia Peters, ESA Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Policy Officer With the waste and recycling sector a ‘high risk’ industry for modern slavery in the UK, businesses must...
The Environmental Services Association (ESA) has today (Friday 18 October 2024) published a new report highlighting the detrimental impacts of building new housing too close to existing waste management...
By Stephen Freeland, ESA Policy Advisor Around 180,000 tonnes of bonded (cement) asbestos is disposed of each year in the UK. The journey of asbestos waste, from site of...
Official estimates, published today, of the landfill tax gap are evidence of the continuing scale of tax evasion blighting the recycling and waste treatment sector, according to the Environmental Services Association...
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 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 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...
Incorrect binning of dangerous items contributes to hundreds of serious waste fires across the UK. Many householders across the United Kingdom don’t feel confident they know how to safely...
Jacob Hayler, Executive Director of the Environmental Services Association examines what is in store for the new Agency leader, and the opportunity that he has to tackle waste crime...