Viridor
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Viridor is a waste management company in the United Kingdom, owned by Pennon Group, a FTSE 250 based plc focused on the water and waste management industries.
Viridor was formed in 1993, by purchasing companies in the landfill market. As part of an acquisition trail that today has generated a business valued at £1.5Bn, they acquired part of Churngold's waste business in June 2003, and Somerset LAWDC Wyvern Waste in 2006.
Viridor were awarded the Greater Manchester Waste PFI contract.[1]
On 12 August 2010, the company was featured on Channel 4 documentary Undercover Boss[2] in which Chief Executive Colin Drummond went undercover as a new recruit inside the company.
[edit] See also
- Waste management
- List of waste management companies
- List of solid waste treatment technologies
- Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority
[edit] References
- ^ State of the Art Technology for Greater Manchester, www.gmdwa.gov.uk, Retrieved 2007-10-19
- ^ Channel 4 - Undercover Boss Series 2 Episode 5 Retrieved 2010-08-12
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