Biffa

The waste management giant said it would seek to appeal against the verdict

The waste giant said it ‘strongly contested’ the decision and is considering making an appeal

The buyout will broaden its services throughout Birmingham and the West Midlands region

Carve out a green end to your Halloween this year – and not with mould or ghastly face paint. As trick or treating ends, revellers are being advised to recycle their pumpkins to avoid food waste. In a trial at ten Sainsbury’s supermarkets, customers can bring pumpkins in store where they will be collected and […]

A Sainsbury’s supermarket is now running purely on power generated by its own food waste. Today the store is coming off the national grid. Any food waste unsuitable for charitable donations or animal feed from the store goes to a nearby site run by waste firm Biffa, where biomethane gas is produced from organic matter. Once converted […]

Biffa has bought the commercial waste business of PHS All Clear, which manages clinical and medical waste, for £2.5 million. Known as PHS Wastetech, it currently provides commercial waste management services across a 12,000-strong customer base. Biffa said the deal will bring four new operating locations under its control and will allow the firm to […]

A UK building materials supplier has signed a deal with a waste management firm to help achieve its zero waste to landfill targets. Under the contract, Biffa will convert Jewson’s waste into 3MW of renewable energy, which will be used to supply some of the manufacturing business of Saint-Gobain Construction Products UK, Jewson’s parent company. […]

Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s became the UK’s largest anaerobic digestion retailer at the end of last month after it signed a three-year deal with waste management specialists Biffa. The new deal sees all waste from Sainsbury’s distribution centres being processed into renewable energy. Neil Sachdev, Sainsbury’s property director said: “Anaerobic digestion is the most efficient way […]