History

 

2004 


2005 

Formed as an acquisition vehicle to buy and build businesses in the UK waste sector

 

Raised £2m through a listing on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM

 

Announced intention to acquire Atlantic Waste Holdings and Zero Waste Holdings, funded through a £100 million institutional placing

 

Acquisitions of Atlantic and Zero completed

August

 

September

 

November

 

 

December

Atlantic and Zero re-branded Augean PLC

 

New headquarters opened at Wetherby, West Yorkshire

 

Acquisition of Proactive Waste Solutions, hazardous waste treatment and transfer business based at Cannock


2006 

January

 

February

 

August 

April

 

 

April

 

May

 

 

June

New laboratory opened at Kings Cliffe, creating the first dedicated WAC compliance service facility in the UK

 

Group Divisional structure established creating a Treatment and Landfill Division

 

Acquisition of Credential Hazardous Waste, the hazardous waste collection and transfer business of Credential Environmental Ltd with sites at Hinckley and Worcester

 

Landfill division delivers benchmark standards which are reflected in the attainment of Integrated Management System (IMS)


2007 

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September

 

 

October

 

 

November

 

 

December 

Permit variation issued to increase the hazardous void from 3.7 million cubic metres to 7.0 million cubic metres by re-designation of non-hazardous void at Port Clarence

 

Launch of Terramundo Ltd, with the opening of the UK’s largest contaminated land treatment and recycling facility

 

Planning application submitted for the development of the Cannock hazardous waste facility, the development delivers enhanced technologies to the facility

 

Planning application submitted for the development of a soil treatment facility at Kings Cliffe Landfill site

 

Port Clarence Waste Recovery Park proposal for a range of hazardous and non-hazardous treatment, recycling and recovery processes

 

Landfill division accredited PAS 99 (Publicly Available Specification), this is the world's first integrated management system developed by the BSI Group

 

Acquisition of Chemical Recoveries, processing of waste liquids, specialising in the recycling and recovery of contaminated industrial solvents, oils, sludges and wastewaters based at Avonmouth.

 

Acquisition of Hitech Industrial and Environmental Services, hazardous waste treatment and transfer business based at Paisley and Ellesmere Port.

 

Treatment division delivers benchmark standards which are reflected in the attainment of Integrated Management System (IMS) accreditation ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, ISO 9001 and PAS 99.


2008 

January

 

 

February

 

June

 

 

October 

 

 

December

 

 

 

Planning Permission granted for the development of a soil treatment facility at Kings Cliffe Landfill site

 

Planning Permission granted for the development of the Port Clarence Waste Recovery Park

 

Acquisition of Astec Chemical Waste Services Limited services in the collection, transport and disposal of chemical waste based in Rochdale.  

 

Exclusive license agreement with MECO Environmental for the provision of thermal treatment technologies in the UK.

 

Avonmouth delivers benchmark standards which are reflected in the Integrated Management System (IMS) accreditation ISO 14001, ISO 9001, OHSAS 18001 and PAS 99.

 

2009 

 

Planning Permission granted for the development of the Cannock hazardous waste facility

 

Permit granted for soil treatment facility at Kings Cliffe Landfill site

 

Permit granted for thermal desorption treatment at Paisley

 

Planning and Authorisation Applications submitted for low level waste proposal at Kings Cliffe Landfill Site

 

Certificate of Authorisation for accumulation and disposal of radioactive wastes at Cannock Treatment facility

 

Group qualification with Achilles Utilities Division achieved

 

Permit granted for secure destruction at Hinckley Transfer Centre

 

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November