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The creation of a LAWDC required the [[Waste Disposal Authority]] to be at arms-length, with the shares able to be owned wholly by the Authority but with less than 20% representation at the LAWDC's board level. The transfer of the assets (i.e. sites) to the LAWDC also entailed the transfer of staff and in most cases some form of [[Disposal]] and/or [[Treatment]] contract.
The creation of a LAWDC required the [[Waste Disposal Authority]] to be at arms-length, with the shares able to be owned wholly by the Authority but with less than 20% representation at the LAWDC's board level. The transfer of the assets (i.e. sites) to the LAWDC also entailed the transfer of staff and in most cases some form of [[Disposal]] and/or [[Treatment]] contract.


As time passed, many of the LAWDCs were sold to privately owned waste management companies, especially through the late 1990s. There are now only a limited number of LAWDCs that remain, although the underpinning legislation requiring their creation has been repealed.
As time passed, many of the LAWDCs were sold to privately owned waste management companies, especially through the late 1990s. There are now only a limited number of LAWDCs that remain, although the underpinning legislation requiring their creation has been repealed. The remaining LAWDCs are:


The new arrangements for a [[Waste Disposal Authority]] and/or [[Waste Collection Authority]] that is seeking to create an arms-length company for the delivery of waste services (primarily for waste collection services but increasingly for the delivery of HWRC contracts for example) are through a [[Local Authority Trading Company]].
* [[Amgen Rhondda Limited]] (Amgen Cymru)
* [[Cumbria Waste Management]] Limited (CWM)
* [[CWM Environmental Limited]]
* Norfolk Environmental Services Limited (NEWS) now part of [[Norse Environmental Waste Services]]
* [[Silent Valley Waste Services]]
* [[Yorwaste]]
 
The new arrangements for a [[Waste Disposal Authority]] and/or [[Waste Collection Authority]] that is seeking to create an arms-length company for the delivery of waste services (primarily for waste collection services but increasingly for the delivery of [[HWRC]] contracts for example) are through a [[Local Authority Trading Company]].