Viridor is playing a leading role in transforming the sector by driving sustainable growth through decarbonising waste treatment, investing in new technologies and ensuring our advance towards the UK’s commitment to carbon neutrality and circularity.
The two key drivers in waste and resources are the need to create a circular economy and the critical push to achieve net zero in the waste and resources sector.
At Viridor we are deploying mechanisms to realise a decarbonised circular economy. By investing in new technologies, such as Plastics-to-Liquids (PtL), we are unlocking solutions to the most complex parts of creating a circular economy and diverting fossil materials away from general waste.
The result is circularity and decarbonisation combined.
By applying carbon capture to Energy from Waste (EfW), we will fully decarbonise the safe treatment of waste that cannot be recycled. As residual waste includes both fossil and non-fossil material, we will also generate enduring carbon dioxide removals. We will create a route beyond net zero to become a climate positive business.
Driving towards a decarbonised circular economy is our platform for growth. Our sector leading assets are the ideal basis on which we will deliver for our planet, our people and our shareholders.
Our Journey
2020
Viridor is acquired by KKR an American global investment company.
Partially through the KKR Global Impact Fund, cementing Viridor’s commitment to sustainable infrastructure growth.
2021
The first UK waste company to commit to being Climate Positive by 2045.
We created a plan to decarbonise our business and deliver carbon neutral emissions by 2040, enabling us to become the first climate positive waste and recycling company by 2045.
2022
Launched our award winning ESG strategy and purpose and successfully commissioned our Avonmouth ERF.
Our purpose encompasses what we were driving to achieve: building a world where nothing goes to waste.
2023
Acquisition of Quantafuel
In 2023, we acquired Norway-based chemical recycling business Quantafuel, to further develop the Plastics-to-Liquids pyrolysis process. We took full ownership in early 2024.
2024
CCS Statement of Principles on Runcorn ERF agreed with UK Government.
We moved a step closer to making our CCS plans a reality by agreeing a statement of principles with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ).
Our vision and values
We want to be the UK's leading innovator of resource recovery and recycling, transforming waste for a climate positive future
