Renewi plc is a leading European waste management company operating primarily in the Benelux region. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and Euronext Amsterdam until it was acquired by a consortium formed by affiliates of the Macquarie Group and BCI in June 2025.[2]
History
Renewi was founded by Guy Shanks and Andrew McEwan in 1880 as a construction company operating primarily in the West of Scotland under the name of Shanks & McEwan.[3] In 1988, when it was first listed on the LSE, it acquired London Brick Landfill and with it an enormous landfill capacity north of London.[4]
In the mid-1990s, the firm sold its remaining construction interests to concentrate solely on