Biffa Waste Services Limited

Biffa is a leading integrated waste management business in the UK which operates across the breadth of the waste management value chain. It provides waste collection, treatment and recycling, and disposal services to around 75,000 local and national customers in the industrial, commercial and municipal sectors.

Biffa's business is grouped into four operating divisions:
• Waste Collection
• Special Waste
• Landfill
• Power Generation

Biffa is a significant provider of renewable energy in the UK with interests in approximately 109MW of installed capacity.

Biffa's History

Biffa was founded over 75 years ago by the Biffa family as a haulage business largely dedicated to the collection of ashes, dust and clinker from coal-fired power stations in the London area; the business developed in the 1950s to include the excavation of sand, gravel and general waste collection and in the 1960s moved into the industrial waste market.

The business was acquired by BET Plc, the industrial services group, in 1971 and subsequently sold to Severn Trent in 1991 for £212 million.

The Biffa group grew through a series of significant acquisitions, and in February 2005 the new management team of Severn Trent carried out a review of the Group's business. The review of the water and waste businesses demonstrated that the growth and regulation drivers of the two businesses are very different, and that few operational synergies would be lost through separate ownership. Accordingly, Severn Trent announced on 4 April 2006 its intention to demerge the Biffa Group.  The demerger became effective and trading in Biffa's shares on the London Stock Exchange commenced on 9 October 2006.

Main point of contact
Ben Rigg
Biffa Waste Services Ltd
White Barn, Rixton Old Hall
Manchester Road
Warrington
Cheshire
WA3 6EW
Tel: 0161 776 5758
Email: ben.rigg@biffa.co.uk