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As the voice of UK resource and waste management industry, we work closely with national and trade press, wider media and key internal and external stakeholders to highlight the issues that are affecting the industry and the wider economy, providing insight, comment and opinions to help inform business and public.

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Recent Press Releases

2024

12.02.2024 NEW Biodiversity Net Gain rules come into force for recycling and waste treatment development

2023

24.11.2023  New Chairman for Environmental Services Association

27.09.2023 ESA clarifies position on RDF exports in ETS Strategy

27.09.2023 Nature Positive Toolkit to help recycling and waste managers support biodiversity 

14.09.2023 ESA sets out strategy for successful application of Emissions Trading Scheme to energy recovery

19.07.2023  ESA publishes “policy scorecard” to track recycling and waste decarbonisation progress

06.07.2023  Open letter to incoming EA Chair Philip Duffy regarding waste crime inactivity

03.07.2023 EfW inclusion in ETS marks significant policy intervention for the recycling and waste sector

21.06.2023 National poll shows public lack confidence about how to safely dispose of flammable or explosive items 

01.03.2023 ESA members set out “mission statement” in new Social Value Charter

23.02.2023 Report raises warnings about commercial waste service “zoning”

08.02.2023 SESA report quantifies Scottish Recycling and Waste Sector carbon emissions 

2022

15.12.2022 ESA launches Best Practice Guide for biodiversity 

14.11.2022 Survey results write sector a clean bill of health and safety

24.10.2022 Public urged to help avoid “zombie battery” fires as incident rate rises

19.10.2022 ESA responds to "damning" Public Accounts Committee inquiry on waste crime 

29.09.2022 Trade associations set quality standard for recycled plastic

22.09.2022 Take Charge Phase 2 | Supporter Update - September 2022

13.09.2022 Resources and waste workers urged to help measure sector’s health and safety culture

08.09.2022 HRH Her Majesty The Queen - Statement issued on behalf of the Environmental Services Association - condolence

10.05.2022 Scottish incineration review offers “balanced perspective on EfW ”

27.04.2022 Audit office report illustrates why waste sector is “soft target” for criminals

10.03.2022 Turning up the heat on Energy from Waste

2021

15.12.2021 APPG call for caution over EfW is 'unnecessary and misleading'

25.11.2021 ESA publishes Annual Report for 2020/2021

02.08.2021 Joint open letter to SoS regarding HGV diver shortages in waste industry

22.07.2021 Waste crime costs England nearly a billion pounds a year

13.07.2021 Planning system reforms must support UK’s “green recovery”

01.01.2021 Waste & recycling sector unites to tackle modern slavery 

30.06.2021 Recycling and waste management sector to invest £10bn to drive net zero by
2040 in huge opportunity to accelerate decarbonisation for the UK

16.06.2021 Prime Ministers task force supports ESA recommendations for risk-based regulation 

02.06.2021 Time for a re-think over complex EPR business waste proposals

16.04.2021 ESA: Extend response deadlines for EPR & DRS following consistency delay

24.03.2021 ESA welcome DRS & EPR consultations but question delay in Consistency

08.03.2021 Dispatches - Focus on energy recovery ignores the bigger picture

ESA has produced a supporting FAQ document around recoverying energy from waste alongside the above release

24.02.2021 Rise in fly-tipping signals need for tougher enforcement

13.01.2021 ESA responds to Westminster Hall “incineration” debate

2020

27.11.2020 ESA Annual Report sets out strategy for 2021 and beyond

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Recent Reports

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Recovering energy from waste FAQs

March 2021

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ESA Annual Report 2019 - 2020

December 2020

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