Cory Environmental
| website: | http://www.coryenvironmental.co.uk |
Company details
[Login to edit this information]What does it do?
Provides waste and recycling services.How is it social?
Cory Environmental provides recycling services and runs awareness campaigns. It also has a good neighbour policy. Additionally, Cory Environmental supports a number of environmental trusts in the areas where it operates.
What is its business model?
Cory Environmental is one of the UK's leading recycling and waste management companies, and has been in business for over a hundred years. The company operates two main businesses in the UK: Cory Environmental Municipal Services, which provides municipal waste collection, recycling and street cleaning; and Cory Environmental Waste Management, which operates landfill sites and recycling centres. The company operates in London, the South East, Gloucestershire, and North West and North Midlands. Recent contracts include a 30-year waste management and recycling agreement with London's Western Riverside Waste Authority. This will involve a recycling facility and an extensive education and market development campaign to help boost recycling and encourage waste minimisation. The campaign is being run by Waste Watch and London Remade.
Its history
Cory Environmental started out in 1896 as WM Cory and Son Ltd, transporting coal into London on the River Thames. In the 1920s, it began to transport waste using the City’s waterways. In the 1980s, the coal and oil distribution services were sold, and the business decided to expand its waste management arm. In 1990 the company was renamed Cory Environmental, to reflect the increasing importance of the environmental aspects of its waste management services.
More information
| Current shareholders: | No information provided |
| Chair: | David Riddle |
| Year of incorporation: | 1986 |
Company snapshot
| Company type: | Ltd |
| Address: | 2 Coldbath Square, London, GB, EC1R 5HL |
| Telephone: | + 44 (0)20 7417 5200 |
| Blog: | |
| CEO: | Malcolm Ward |
| Industrial sector: | Recycling and waste management |
| Social / Environmental benefit: | Waste reduction; |
| Certifications: | Not Applicable; |
| Social business sector: | Alternative Energy and the Environment; |
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