The Burning Issue

By ENDS Waste & Bioenergy

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Every fortnight the Burning Issue looks at different elements of the energy recovery sector.

Presented by Sarah Byrne, the editor of endswasteandbioenergy.com, the show interviews leading figures in the energy recovery sector and aims to investigate where the sector is now and where does it go from here. 



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Episode Date
Gavin Anderson of Veolia on the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS)
Jan 16, 2026
Micheal Geary of Indaver on the new Rivenhall Integrated Waste Management Facility (IWMF) in Essex
Jan 07, 2026
Andy Bedford of Encyclis on the development of the UK's first full scale carbon capture project for energy-from-waste at the Protos plant
Dec 15, 2025
Enfinium’s Mike Maudsley on Resource Recovery UK and on how Enfinium is delivering homegrown energy and decarbonisation powered by waste
Dec 08, 2025
Shoal’s Sean Austin and Charlie Grayson talk balancing speed and safety, how accident are ‘catalysts’ for change and why building an EfW plant is like Formula one
Feb 25, 2025
Green Giraffe's Micheal Ware on why funding is hard for EfWs, how investors are loving AD, and turning Wotsits into biogas
Feb 13, 2025
7CO2 directors on non-pipeline carbon capture and making energy recovery the ‘net in Net Zero’
Nov 28, 2024
Encylis director of policy and sustainability Victoria Merton on carbon capture at Protos, building more facilities
Oct 04, 2024
Hitachi Zosen Inova CEO Bruno-Frédéric Baudouin on the end of EfW, the start of waste-to-X, and building the facilities of the future
Sep 19, 2024
Enfinium's Karl Smyth on carbon capture, EfW's inclusion in the UK ETS, and how big a tonne of CO2 really is
May 30, 2024
The ESA’s Jacob Hayler on a potential UK EfW moratorium, should Barclay stay at DEFRA and why landfill tax fraud is “creating a huge distortion” in the market
May 16, 2024
Gallagher partner Ian Lester on the end of permitting insurance, uninsured facilities, and why waste will also be a ‘hard market’
May 02, 2024
WKE chief executive Ian Jones on waste-to-pellets, turning around troubled projects, and building more production capacity
Apr 18, 2024
OCO managing director Graham Cooper on reducing landfill, capturing carbon and producing a sustainable construction product
Mar 21, 2024
KEW Technology’s Amna Bezanty on transforming gasification, linking up with SUEZ and preparing for the UK ETS
Mar 08, 2024
Sikla’s Harry Starke on piping, when EfW builds go right, and when they go wrong
Feb 22, 2024
CIWM’s Dan Cooke on Viridor’s transformation, future emissions trading, and developing the next generation
Feb 08, 2024
NAWDO’s Jarno Stet on electrifying waste trucks, social media and ‘cheap’ criticism of local authorities
Jan 26, 2024
Geminor’s Oliver Caunce on whether UK waste exports rising was a blip, the future of SRF, and succeeding in a challenging market
Jan 11, 2024
Trowers & Hamlins LLP's Christopher Philpot on On legal action around waste-gasification plants, how to avoid EfW pitfalls, and why you should “love your contracts”
Jun 23, 2023
Local Partnership’s Hattie Parke on the looming end of PFI deals, what happens next, and a little bit about RDF
Jun 01, 2023
Marr Contracting's Simon Marr on EfW building, cutting construction emissions and winning new deals in the UK
May 18, 2023
RDFIG & Totus Environmental's Andy Jones on the UK importing waste and TFS issues
May 04, 2023
Viridor's Tim Rotheray on ESG, acquisitions, carbon capture and banning nitrous oxide
Apr 20, 2023
Carbon8’s Selin Murat on UK EfWs currently emitting 11Mt/yr of CO2, leading on CCUS, and potential new deals
Apr 05, 2023
Indaver's John Ahern on EfW planning struggles, nearly 30 years in waste, and why he'd do it all over again
Mar 23, 2023
CEWEP’s Dr Ella Stengler on why Europe landfills 100Mt/yr, EU policy and women in waste
Mar 09, 2023
Colin Church on Scotland’s EfW moratorium, CCS and ‘no more’ plants after this decade
Feb 23, 2023
The NLWA on giving back £4.8m, why it doesn't want waste to go to EfW and what you can do to support recycling
Dec 13, 2022
MVV's Paul Carey on new EfW projects, Owen's Law and being a 'dustman'
Dec 01, 2022
UKWIN on over capacity, why CCS won't work and whether you're right to say energy recovery
Nov 17, 2022
Tidy Planet's Simon Webb on how smaller is better for EfW and why Brexit is bad for airport recycling
Nov 03, 2022
Andusia's Mark Terrell on growing exports, acquisitions and rock 'n' roll
Oct 21, 2022
Dr Adam Read on New Suez, moratoriums and why NGOs have the moral high ground
Oct 06, 2022