Environmental Services Association

Survey: Green skills gap threatens UK's sustainability goals

Work

Survey: Green skills gap threatens UK's sustainability goals

New research warns green workforce is struggling to keep pace with increased demand, prompting fresh calls for more collaboration between business, educational institutions, and government to tackle worsening skills gap

clock 27 June 2024 • 3 min read
Environment Agency: Almost a fifth of all waste in England thought to be illegally handled

Waste

Environment Agency: Almost a fifth of all waste in England thought to be illegally handled

Industry survey reveals widespread fears that waste regulations are being routinely breached by criminal gangs

clock 06 July 2023 • 4 min read
'Is it morally right?': Environment Agency head calls for UK ban on waste exports

Policy

'Is it morally right?': Environment Agency head calls for UK ban on waste exports

Sir James Bevan argues complete ban on waste exports would help grow UK recycling sector, boost jobs and the economy, and help tackle waste crime

clock 12 April 2022 • 5 min read

Waste

Surging waste crime costing UK economy £1bn, businesses warn

Environmental Services Association research suggest waste-related crime has surged over 50 per cent in three years, potentially costing taxpayers £1bn

clock 22 July 2021 • 3 min read

BusinessGreen

Waste not, want not: How the waste and recycling industry could prove integral to the net zero transition

Major new report from the Environmental Services Association urges government to seize opportunity to slash emissions from waste and mobilise £10bn of green investment

clock 01 July 2021 • 7 min read