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Biffa, Richard, Ltd

Other Business Names:

  • BET Ltd
  • Severn Trent Plc
  • Biffa Plc

Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:

  • London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
  • Wembley, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England

Sectors:

  • Recycling & waste management Recycling & waste management, general
  • Recycling & waste management Waste collection & disposal exc refuse, metal, etc

Notes:

Established at Wembley, London, in 1912 by Richard H Biffa. Early on collected ashes and clinker from electricity generating stations in London, notably at Battersea. Early on known as Richard Biffa Ltd. Sold by Biffa family to BET Ltd in 1971 and sold on to Severn Trent Plc in 1991. 2008 demerged. 2016 floated as Biffa Plc. In later years developed as a specialist waste collection, processing, recycling, landfill, etc, services business. In 2017 second largest such business in UK

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