In the
UK a local authority waste disposal company (LAWDC)
LAWDC Review
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Waste management or waste disposal includes the processes and actions required to manage waste from its inception to its final disposal.
This includes the collection, transport, treatment and disposal of waste, together with monitori ...
operator. These companies were created when the waste management industry was privatised. Some of these companies have now been sold on to larger commercial waste companies and some are still owned by local authorities.
LAWDC Waste Disposal Companies
Current
*AD Waste
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, Flintshire
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*Amgen Cymru
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, Rhondda Cynon Taff
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Amgen Cymru website
*County Environmental Services
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, Cornwall
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CES website
* CWM Ltd, Cumbria
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CWM website
*CWM Environmental Ltd
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, Carmarthenshire
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CWM Environmental website
* Greater Manchester Waste, Greater Manchester
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GM Waste website
*Mersey Waste Holdings Limited
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, Merseyside
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* NEWS (Norfolk Environmental Waste Services), Norfolk
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*Local Asbestos Removal Contractors
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, Warrington
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Local asbestos removal contractors
*Asbestos Removal Manchester
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, Greater Manchester
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Asbestos Removal Manchester
NEWS website
* Premier Waste, Durham Durham most commonly refers to:
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Premier Waste website
* Silent Valley Waste Services, Blaenau Gwent
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Silent Valley Waste Services website
*Swansea City Waste Disposal Company
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, Swansea
* Yorwaste, North Yorkshire
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Yorwaste
Sold on
*3C Waste Management - Cheshire
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- sold to Waste Recycling Group
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*Coventry and Solihull Waste Disposal Company - Coventry
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& Solihull
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*Landfill Management - Wigan
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*Poplars Resource Management - Staffordshire - sold to Biffa
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*Sheffield City Waste Management - Sheffield
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City
*Suffolk Waste Disposal - Suffolk
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*Surrey Operational Services - Surrey
*The Waste Company - Gloucestershire
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- sold to Cory Environmental
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*Wastewise Waste Management - Humberside
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*Wyvern Waste - Somerset
( en, All The People of Somerset)
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- sold to Viridor
Viridor Ltd (from the Latin 'to become green') is a recycling, renewable energy and waste management company in the United Kingdom, owned by KKR (previously owned by Pennon Group).
History
The company was formed in 1956 as Harrison Western Lt ...
See also
*List of waste management companies
Although many entries in this List of waste management companies are Multinational corporation
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*Waste management
Waste management or waste disposal includes the processes and actions required to manage waste from its inception to its final disposal.
This includes the collection, transport, treatment and disposal of waste, together with monitori ...
References
Waste management companies of the United Kingdom