Profile: Shanks Group PLC (SKS.L)

Shanks Group plc is an international sustainable waste management company. Its segments include Solid Waste, Hazardous Waste, Organics and UK Municipal. Solid Waste is the collection, transfer, recycling and treatment of non-hazardous waste. The market can be divided into Industrial and Commercial (I&C), Construction and Demolition (C&D) and Municipal. The Hazardous Waste market focuses on the processing and final disposal of lightly contaminated materials, including the thermal treatment of soils, the biological and physio-chemical treatment of waste water and the pyrolysis of paint waste. The Organics market includes source segregated streams from both the industrial and municipal sectors with both shorter term and longer term contracts. The UK Municipal market represents the provision of waste disposal services to local authorities in the United Kingdom. In April 2013, it completed the sale of its joint venture interest in Leeds-based landfill site, Caird Bardon.