Jacob Hayler

ESA UK

Biography:

Jacob Hayler is the Executive Director at the Environmental Services Association – the UK’s trade association for the recycling and waste industry. Jacob joined ESA from the City in 2005 as an economist and in January 2015 he was appointed as ESA’s Executive Director, responsible for strategy and the day to day running of the Association. Jacob has represented the industry on multiple government advisory bodies and committees and is the UK’s representative on various pan-European waste and recycling industry bodies.

Short description about presentation:

"Meeting Net Zero: a Strategy for the Recycling and Waste Sector": the recycling and waste industry has published its strategy for meeting net zero by 2040. This sets out a plan for how the sector can save 8% of UK emisisons by decarbonising recycling, collections and residual waste treatment.