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