 Waste Recycling Group acquired Hanson Waste Management from Hanson plc for £185 million in cash in December 2000.Waste Recycling Group was acquired by the private equity group Terra Firma Capital Partners for £315.2 million in June 2003.In September 2006 Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas acquired Waste Recycling Group, excluding its landfill gas operations, from Terra Firma for £1.4 billion.