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Viridor (from the Latin 'to become green') is a recycling, renewable energy and waste management company in the United Kingdom, owned by Pennon Group, a FTSE 250 plc focused on the water and waste management industries. ==History== The company was formed in 1956 as Harrison Western Ltd, later becoming Haul Waste Ltd. Haul Waste became part of Pennon (then South West Water Ltd) in 1993,〔(Pennon Group: History )〕 and grew by purchasing companies in the waste collection and landfill disposal market.〔 In 1995 it bought Blue Circle Waste Management, bringing about in 1998 South West Water's name change to Pennon Group, and the merger of Haul Waste and Blue Circle Waste Management under Viridor. It subsequently acquired part of Churngold's waste business in June 2003, Thames Waste Management in 2004,〔(Viridor buys Thames Waste and expands landfill capacity )〕 Somerset LAWDC Wyvern Waste in 2006,〔(Pennon Group announces the acquisition of Wyvern Waste Services )〕 Grosvenor Waste Management〔(Viridor buys Grosvenor Waste Management for £81m )〕 and Skipaway Holdings in 2007,〔(Pennon Group's Viridor acquires UK waste management company for £14.7m )〕 and Shore Recycling in 2008.〔(Pennon buys recycle firm for £23m )〕 Today the business is valued at over £1.5Bn, with recent acquisitions and growth focused on expanding the company's recycling and energy from waste capacity. Viridor was awarded the Greater Manchester Waste PFI contract, the largest waste and renewable energy contract in the UK.〔(State of the Art Technology for Greater Manchester ), www.gmdwa.gov.uk, Retrieved 2007-10-19〕 On 12 August 2010, the company was featured on Channel 4 documentary Undercover Boss〔(Channel 4 - Undercover Boss Series 2 Episode 5 ) Retrieved 2010-08-12〕 in which Chief Executive Colin Drummond went undercover as a new recruit inside the company. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Viridor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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