Type Public Industry Waste management Operating income | Traded as LSE: RWI Founded 1880 Revenue 670 million GBP (2013) | |
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Key people Colin Matthews
(Group Chairman)
Peter Dilnot
(Chief executive officer) Stock price RWI (LON) 94.25 GBX -2.75 (-2.84%)31 Mar, 4:29 PM GMT+1 - Disclaimer CEO Peter Dilnot (1 Feb 2012–) Headquarters Milton Keynes, United Kingdom Subsidiaries Van Gansewinkel Groep B.V., Stordeur Profiles | ||
Renewi plc is a leading European waste management company operating in Europe and North America. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
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History
The Company was founded by Guy Shanks and Andrew McEwan in 1880 as a construction company operating primarily in the West of Scotland under the name of Shanks & McEwan. In 1988 the Company acquired London Brick Landfill and with it an enormous landfill capacity north of London. The Company was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1988.
In the mid-1990s the Company sold its remaining construction interests to concentrate solely on waste management. In 1998 the Company went on to buy four waste management companies in Belgium. It changed its name to Shanks Group in 1999.
In March 2000 the Company bought Waste Management Nederland B.V. in the Netherlands.
In July 2004 the Company sold its UK landfill and landfill gas power assets to Terra Firma.
In 2006 the Company went on to buy Smink Beheer B.V. in the Netherlands for €62m.
In September 2016, the company reached an agreement to buy the Dutch recycling firm Van Gansewinkel Groep BV for €432 million.
On 28th of February 2017 Shanks Group plc and Van Gansewinkel Groep BV merged to become Renewi plc
Operations
The Company's current operations are concentrated within the following four countries: