as lse sks industry waste management founded 1880 headquarters dunedin house mount farm auckland park milton keynes mk1 1bu uk key people adrian auer group chairman peter dilnot group chief executive revenue 670.0 million 2013 1 operating income 41.3 million 2013 1 net income 35.2 million 2013 1 number of employees 4 086 2013 1 website www.shanksmunicipal.com shanks group plc is a leading european waste management company operating in europe and north america . it is listed on the london stock exchange . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 references 4 external links history edit the company was founded by guy shanks and andrew mcewan in 1880 as a construction company operating primarily in the west of scotland under the name of shanks & mcewan . 2 in 1988 the company acquired london brick landfill 3 and with it an enormous landfill capacity north of london . the company was first listed on the london stock exchange in 1988 . 2 in the mid 1990s the company sold its remaining construction interests to concentrate solely on waste management . 2 in 1998 the company went on to buy four waste management companies in belgium . 4 it changed its name to shanks group in 1999 . 5 in march 2000 the company bought waste management nederland b.v. in the netherlands . 6 in july 2004 the company sold its uk landfill and landfill gas power assets to terra firma . 7 in 2006 the company went on to buy smink beheer b.v. in the netherlands for 62m . 8 operations edit the company s current operations are concentrated within the following four countries 9 uk activities include long term local authority municipal solid waste msw contracts the anaerobic digestion of food waste and the production of lower carbon alternatives to fossil fuels . the netherlands activities include collections sorting and processing re use and recycling soil cleaning composting landfill refuse derived fuel production and industrial cleaning . belgium activities include collections recycling soil cleaning refuse derived fuel production industrial cleaning waste treatment and landfill in flanders wallonia and brussels . canada activities include aerobic tunnel composting in ontario and ottawa . references edit a b c d shanks plc annual report 2013 a b c shanks group history bedfordshire county council london brick company shanks buys in belgium new name for shanks sunday herald 25 july 1999 shanks to buy waste management s dutch unit haznews december 1999 shanks group is to sell its uk landfill operations to terra firma for 227.5 m united kingdom environment news 1 july 2004 companies update shanks group our business external links edit official site yahoo profile v t e biosolids waste and waste management major types agricultural wastewater biodegradable waste brown waste chemical waste construction waste demolition waste electronic waste by country food waste green waste hazardous waste heat waste industrial waste litter marine debris biomedical waste mining waste municipal solid waste open 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