FCC Environment

{{short description|Waste management company headquartered in Doncaster, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox company | name = FCC Environment (UK) Limited | logo = FCC Environment logo.jpg | logo_size = 230px | caption = | type = Subsidiary | traded_as = | genre = | fate = | predecessor = {{ubl|Waste Recycling Group|Focsa Services UK}} | successor = | foundation = {{date and age|2012|5}} | founder = | defunct = | location_city = Doncaster | location_country = United Kingdom | locations =  | area_served = United Kingdom | key_people = Steven Longdon<br />(Chief executive officer) | industry = Waste management | products = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | aum = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = approx. 2,400 | parent = Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = {{URL|http://www.fccenvironment.co.uk}} }} '''FCC Environment (UK) Limited''' is a waste management company headquartered in Doncaster, United Kingdom and a wholly owned subsidiary of Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas. It was formed in May 2012 through the merger and rebranding of '''Focsa Services''' and '''Waste Recycling Group'''.

==History== Waste Recycling Group acquired Hanson Waste Management from Hanson plc for £185 million in cash in December 2000.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.letsrecycle.com/news/latest-news/general/waste-recycling-group-buys-hanson-waste-management-for-ps185m|title=Waste Recycling Group buys Hanson Waste Management for £185m|accessdate=16 October 2012|publisher=letsrecycle.com|date=22 December 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/4476351/Hanson-sells-waste-arm-for-185m.html|title=Hanson sells waste arm for £185m|accessdate=16 October 2012|publisher=The Telegraph|date=23 December 2000}}</ref>

Waste Recycling Group was acquired by the private equity group Terra Firma Capital Partners for £315.2 million in June 2003.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.scotsman.com/business/industry/landfill-group-to-change-hands-after-163-315m-takeover-1-882321|title=Landfill group to change Hands after £315m takeover|accessdate=16 October 2012|publisher=The Scotsman|date=10 June 2003}}</ref>

In 2004, the UK assets of Shanks, the third largest landfill operator in the UK, were acquired by Terra Firma and merged with WRG.

In September 2006 Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas acquired Waste Recycling Group, excluding its landfill gas operations from Terra Firma for £1.4 billion. The landfill gas operations retained by Terra Firma were later rebranded as Infinis.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.letsrecycle.com/news/latest-news/waste-management/fcc-completes-ps1.4bn-acquisition-of-waste-recycling-group|title=FCC completes £1.4bn acquisition of Waste Recycling Group |accessdate=16 October 2012|publisher=letsrecycle.com|date=28 September 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aRpEhS0KDsao&refer=uk|title=FCC Buys Waste Recycler From Hands for 1.4 Bln Pounds|accessdate=16 October 2012|publisher=Bloomberg|date=17 July 2006}}</ref>

FCC continued to operate WRG and Focsa Services (The waste collections arm it already owned) separately until May 2012 when Focsa Services and Waste Recycling Group were merged and rebranded as "FCC Environment".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.letsrecycle.com/news/latest-news/waste-management/wrg-and-focsa-rebranded-as-fcc-environment|title=WRG and Focsa rebranded as FCC Environment|accessdate=16 October 2012|publisher=letsrecycle.com|date=14 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.mrw.co.uk/home/fcc-environment-merger-puts-recycling-and-renewable-energy-at-its-core-07-09-2012/|title=FCC Environment merger puts recycling and renewable energy at its core|accessdate=16 October 2012|publisher=Materials Recycling Week|date=7 September 2012}}</ref>

In December 2023 FCC Environment agreed to acquire the UK business of Urbaser and its subsidiary businesses for £398m. The transaction was later completed in 2024.

FCC later went on to acquire Cumbria Waste Group excluding its landfill operations in September 2025 with the deal being completed in October that year.

==References== {{Reflist|2}}

==External links== *[http://www.fccenvironment.co.uk/ FCC Environment Home Page]

Category:Waste management companies of the United Kingdom Category:Private equity portfolio companies