Biffa

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Biffa is one of the major waste and recycling companies in the UK and services Local Authority and Business customers through a range of waste management facilities including landfill and MRFs. With around 8,000 employees Biffa covers the whole of the UK, managing 2,800 front-line vehicles.

History

Biffa was founded in 1912 by Richard Henry Biffa, growing significantly from the early 1960's through to the late 1980's before being acquired by Severn Trent Water in 1991. Biffa 'demerged' from Severn Trent Plc and joined the FTSE250 index before being taken private again in 2008 by Waste Acquisition Co Ltd, renaming the company Biffa Limited. Biffa was then taken public again in October 2016 and entered the FTSE100 index in March 2020.

In May 2021 Biffa announced the purchase of Viridor's collection business and the majority of its recycling locations for a cash consideration of £126m. In September 2022 it was announced that Biffa's board had accepted a cash offer for the shares in the company by a new company owned by Energy Capital Partners at a value of £1.3bn

In March 2023 Biffa announced the acquisition of Total Recycling Services and in November 2023 Biffa the acquisition of Hamilton Waste & Recycling.

The relative position of the top 5 waste companies, by turnover, is as follows:

Company	Turnover (million GBP) Most Recently Reported	Note On Source and Date for Most Recently Reported
Veolia	1,719	Veolia Environmental Services (UK) Ltd only, as per financial year report ending December 2021
Biffa	1,364	turnover shown net of landfill tax as per financial year report ending March 2022
FCC	795	as per proportion of Annual Report 2022 by the Group
Suez	765	as per accounts ending December 2022
Viridor	672	as per accounts published for year end March 2023

Biffa Entities Listed on WikiWaste

• Biffa Waste Services Ltd
• Biffa & Covanta joint venture with Covanta (now called Encyclis in Europe) for Residual Waste EFW facility Newhurst Quarry EFW plant- Revision 2