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Viridor acquired many other waste management and recycling companies through the late 1990's and early 2000's, including: [[Churngold]] in 2003, [[Wyvern Waste Services Limited]] in 2006, [[Thames Waste Management]] in 2004, [[Enviroscot Ltd]], [[Brett Waste Management]] and [[Terry Adams Ltd]].

The sale of Viridor to [[Kohlberg Kravis Roberts]] (KKR) by Pennon was announced in March 2020 for £4.2bn<ref>https://www.pennon-group.co.uk/media/news/proposed-sale-viridor-%C2%A342-billion-kkr</ref> and completed in July 2020<ref>https://resource.co/article/viridor-acquired-kkr-42-billion</ref>

The sale of Viridor to [[Kohlberg Kravis Roberts]] (KKR) by Pennon was announced in March 2020 for £4.2bn<ref>https://www.pennon-group.co.uk/media/news/proposed-sale-viridor-%C2%A342-billion-kkr</ref> and completed in July 2020<ref>https://resource.co/article/viridor-acquired-kkr-42-billion</ref>.

In May 2021 Viridor announced the sale of their collections business and the majority of their recycling locations to [[Biffa]] leaving them to focus on their [[EfW]] business and associated [[Plastics Recovery Facility|plastics recycling]] business<ref>[https://www.viridor.co.uk/who-we-are/latest-news/2021-news/viridor-agrees-to-sell-collections-business-and-majority-of-recycling-locations/ Viridor News Item]</ref>

In 2017/18 the relative position of the top 5 waste companies<ref>https://www.statista.com/statistics/298437/revenues-of-leading-uk-waste-management-services/</ref>, by turnover, was as follows:

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 Viridor acquired many other waste management and recycling companies through the late 1990's and early 2000's, including: [[Churngold]] in 2003, [[Wyvern Waste Services Limited]] in 2006, [[Thames Waste Management]] in 2004, [[Enviroscot Ltd]], [[Brett Waste Management]] and [[Terry Adams Ltd]].
-The sale of Viridor to [[Kohlberg Kravis Roberts]] (KKR) by Pennon was announced in March 2020 for £4.2bn<ref>https://www.pennon-group.co.uk/media/news/proposed-sale-viridor-%C2%A342-billion-kkr</ref> and completed in July 2020<ref>https://resource.co/article/viridor-acquired-kkr-42-billion</ref>
+The sale of Viridor to [[Kohlberg Kravis Roberts]] (KKR) by Pennon was announced in March 2020 for £4.2bn<ref>https://www.pennon-group.co.uk/media/news/proposed-sale-viridor-%C2%A342-billion-kkr</ref> and completed in July 2020<ref>https://resource.co/article/viridor-acquired-kkr-42-billion</ref>.
+In May 2021 Viridor announced the sale of their collections business and the majority of their recycling locations to [[Biffa]] leaving them to focus on their [[EfW]] business and associated [[Plastics Recovery Facility|plastics recycling]] business<ref>[https://www.viridor.co.uk/who-we-are/latest-news/2021-news/viridor-agrees-to-sell-collections-business-and-majority-of-recycling-locations/ Viridor News Item]</ref>
 In 2017/18 the relative position of the top 5 waste companies<ref>https://www.statista.com/statistics/298437/revenues-of-leading-uk-waste-management-services/</ref>, by turnover, was as follows: