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New guidance: Protecting waste and recycling workers during heat waves
The United Kingdom experienced its hottest month of June on record this year and, as we enter July, further heatwaves are expected this week. With a long-term warming trend across
ESA discussion paper highlights need for flexibility over landfill end dates
The Environmental Services Association (ESA) has this week (25th March 2026) published a discussion paper exploring the growing need for flexibility in landfill cessation dates, as the UK’s waste management
ESA Annual Report 2025 reflects on year of “contrasting focus”
In the ESA’s new Annual Report, outgoing Chairman, Michael Topham, described 2025 as a “year of contrasting focus” as the association navigated both the immediate implementation of the Collection and
ESA guide to boost EfW heat network development
The Environmental Services Association (ESA) has published a new guide to boost the development of district heating networks connected to energy-from-waste (EfW) facilities across the United Kingdom. A third of
ESA publishes battery fire policy briefing calling for urgent reform
The United Kingdom is facing an epidemic of fires associated with the improper disposal of batteries and the ESA has today (Monday 15th September 2025) published a policy briefing report setting out
ESA publishes Circular Economy “vision” for 2040
The Environmental Services Association has published a position paper setting out its “vision” for a circular economy by 2040. The report was launched during an evening reception at the National
ESA updates “Situational Awareness” H&S campaign with two new topics
The ESA has today (1st May 2025), published its first update for 2025 to its long-running Situational Awareness campaign, which provides free-to-use training materials to address common risks faced by people working
That’s a wrap!
As we prepare to welcome in the New Year, the Environmental Services Association (ESA) reflects on the big issues facing the recycling and waste treatment sector over the past 18
Residual waste policy trajectory risks undermining carbon reduction goals
A new study, published today (3rd December 2024) by the Environmental Services Association, has found that Energy-from-Waste plants fitted with carbon capture (CCS) technology offer the most reliable and lowest-carbon solution
Waste industry safety culture in good health
The results of a recent independent study conducted for the Environmental Services Association (ESA) found that nearly 90% (87%) of people working in the recycling and waste industry report feeling
