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Shanks has formed a joint venture with Energen Biogas to build a new £8m anaerobic digestion plant fuelled by food waste in Cumbernauld by summer 2010. 06-Oct-2009 Shanks Group has signed a £720m 25-year waste disposal contract with Cumbria County Council, which will involve the development of two MBT waste processing plants. 08-Jun-2009 Shanks has unveiled plans to build a £20m household waste recycling plant at Hespin Wood near Carlisle by 2012, with the creation of 23 jobs. 10-Dec-2008 Cumbria County Council has agreed a £400m deal with Shanks Waste Solutions to build and operate waste treatment plants in Carlisle and Barrow, while transfer stations will be created in Penrith, Distington and Kendal Fell. 10-Jul-2008 Shanks Group has acquired Foronex Group, the Benelux-based waste wood processing firm with 250 staff, for £10m. 08-Apr-2008 Shanks has acquired two Dutch waste processing companies - Kluivers and Orgaworld - for a total £13m. 04-Jun-2007 Shanks has acquired Smink Beheer, the Dutch waste management company with 170 staff, for £59m. 03-Jul-2006 Shanks has acquired Eden Recycling, the materials recycling company with 27 staff in Glasgow and Edinburgh, from Murray International Holdings for undisclosed terms. 13-Apr-2006 Shanks is to sell most of its hazardous waste operations to Onyx for £28m, while a separate £6m transaction with Waterfront Edinburgh will involve the closure of a liquid waste processing plant. 04-Oct-2005 Shanks is to sell its 24 landfill sites and related power operations to Terra Firma for £227m, and the business will be merged with Waste Recycling Group. 26-May-2004 Shanks has won permission from Milton Keynes Council to build a multi-million pound waste treatment facility in Newton Longville. 24-Apr-2003 Shanks has been selected as preferred bidder for a 25-year waste management contract for East London Waste Authority, and will set up a £100m recycling facility in the area. 22-Mar-2002 Shanks is planning to introduce new waste recycling technologies to the UK following its recent acquisition of Waste Management Nederland, including the production of fuel pellets and the creation of combustible gases. 01-Jun-2000 Shanks is to acquire Waste Management Nederland, the Dutch waste disposal company, for £208m. 10-Mar-2000 Shanks is to build a £16m waste-destroying incinerator at its Fawley plant near Southampton by 2001. 03-Nov-1999 Shanks & McEwan is to acquire Caird, the waste management company, for £51m, and hopes to achieve big cost savings as the two companies have various sites close to each other. 28-May-1999 Shanks & McEwan is buying a number of Belgian waste management businesses from Sita for £67m. 26-Feb-1998
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