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Onyx, is now part of Veolia Environmental Services (Announced January 2006)
More ... and in June 2006 Veolia also purchased Cleanaway.

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Mersey Waste

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Recent Solid Waste Company Mergers and Acquisitions: as at December 2006

Those mergers and acquisitions just keep on. Try to understand this evolution by referring to our chronological list of events below:-

June 2003 - Severn Trent acquires Hales Waste Control for £141 m

June 2003 - Terra Firma acquires The Waste Recycling Group (WRG) for £531 m

June 2004 - Terra Firma acquires Shanks' landfill interests for £227m

September 2004 - Augean acquires Atlantic and Zero Waste Holdings for £106m

December 2004 - The refinancing of The Waste Recycling Group (WRG) for £885m

April 2005 - A management buy-out of Cory takes place for £200m

June 2005 - Viridor acquires Brett Waste for £45m

August 2005 - Waste Recycling Group acquired Cumbria trade waste specialists Alco Waste Management for an undisclosed multi-million pound sum.

January 2006 -  Veolia acquires Onyx

June 2006, September 2006 approved by the competition authorities - Veolia acquires Cleanaway from Brambles Industries for £595m

July 2006 - FCC acquires WRG interests for £1.4bn

October 2006 - Severn Trent's floatation of Biffa (without debt and landfill liabilities) for circa £850m

Source: The Caledonian Economics 2006 Financial Review of the UK Waste Management Sector, published in October 2006 - with additional information added by www.landfill-site.com.