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Revenue of selected leading waste management service companies in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2023 (in million GBP)

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January 2025

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United Kingdom

Survey time period

2023

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For the year ended December 2023, unless otherwise specified

Supplementary notes

* Figures are for the year ended March 2024.
** Figures are for the year ended in April 2023.

This statistic has been compiled from multiple company annual reports:

Veolia Environmental Services: figure taken from the company's for the year ended 31 December 2023 (page 1).

Biffa Group: figure taken from the company's for the year ended 29 March 2024 (page 6).

Suez S.A.: figure taken from the company's for the year ended 31 December 2023 (page 24).
Converted from euros at a rate of 1 EUR = 0.8678 GBP (31 December 2023).

Viridor UK: figure taken from the company's for the year ended 31 March 2024 (page 25).

FCC Environment UK: figure taken from the company's for the year ended 31 December 2023 (page 29).

DS Smith Recycling UK: figure taken from the company's for the year ended 30 April 2023 (page 1).

Reconomy UK: figure taken from the company's for the year ended 31 December 2023 (page 3).

Augean Treatment: figure taken from the company's for the year ended 31 December 2023 (page 3).

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Veolia reported revenue of roughly * British pounds for its waste operations in the UK for the year ended December 31, 2023. Meanwhile, the UK-based Biffa Group reported revenue of over *** billion British pounds for the year ended March 29, 2024. Several of Europe's leading waste management companies have operations in the United Kingdom.

Waste collection in the UK

Waste management companies provide a number of services, including waste collection, transport, treatment, and disposal. In 2020, nearly *** million metric tons of waste were generated in the UK. The collection of waste from households in the country is the responsibility of local authorities.

Waste management

Once waste is collected, it is sorted and processed, and either recovered or disposed of. Typical disposal methods include incineration and landfilling. In 2020, around **** of total waste managed in the UK was disposed of through these methods. In contrast, recovery operations - including recycling, energy recovery, or composting - convert the waste into usable products. Recycling and other recovery (not including energy recovery) accounted for over **** of waste management in the UK in 2020.