WasteCo’s truck and toilet plan, Radius wants to grow the West Coast, Being AI and more

Roger Gower has taken the reins at WasteCo and Andrew Peskett has been on the tools at Radius Healthcare. (Image: BusinessDesk/Jacques Steenkamp)

Rebecca Stevenson

Fri, 21 Nov 2025

Stay ahead with BusinessDesk’s regular Small Cap Wrap – all the latest small cap opportunities, market trends and more. One truck owned by the listed waste management firm WasteCo is worth anywhere from $250,000 to $500,000, depending on what gear it has installed.The company is considering a range of options to make its balance sheet more efficient, including selling off its fleet of more than 300 trucks and leasing them back, chairman and interim chief executive officer Roger Gower said.At its recent annual general mee...

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