BFI’S WASTE MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS in the UK during the 1980s and the 1990s

The first acquisition was Grandmet Waste Services Ltd’s municipal waste services division, known as ‘Wastecare’. This was operating two waste collection contracts at the time: the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and the London Borough of Wandsworth. After BFI had acquired it, it rebranded its UK operation as ‘BFI Wastecare’ Ltd.

During this same period, BFI also expanded into the West Midlands area acquiring four regionalised waste management companies specialising in commercial waste collection. These were Adams Waste Services, of Cheslyn Hay near to Cannock, Dial-A-Skip