Carey's (Seneca's) Hannah Close, Neasden waste site

Near the North Circular Road girder bridge, Neasden,
 with Metropolitan and Jubilee Lines behind - MAP

From Carey Newsletter, December 2010

"Waste not…"

"In October 2010, the Carey Group received planning permission from Brent Council to build a ‘Super Materials Recycling Facility’ at Hannah Close in Neasden, a few hundred yards from Carey House."

For some time Careys have been working to provide clients with the best possible solutions for their site waste. However, it became clear to John Carey Jnr very early on that the only acceptable solution was to set up our own waste management company.

“No other company shared our strength of feeling. We wanted to be transparent in how waste is dealt with, and offer the best possible solution for the environment – and therefore our customers. We looked at partnering but felt unsatisfied with the answers we got.” John Carey Jnr.

"Headed by John Jnr, Seneca Environmental Solutions, has been set up by the Carey Group to build and manage this new venture. Seneca aims to deliver environmental management solutions to clients, starting with recycling and waste management services to Carey Group sites across London and the south east.

"In November [2010], we began construction of phase one of the new facility which will have the capacity to process over 1.1 million tonnes of construction and demolition, business and household waste each year.

"We will separate materials such as paper fibre, wood, metals and plastics which will then be sent for reprocessing into new products, as well as soils and other waste streams.

"We aim to have the facility up and running as soon as February but we will continue to develop our operations after that, including building a wood biomass facility that will be operational in 2013 and will generate renewable energy, leaving the site energy positive.

"Seneca shares the Carey Group ethos of ‘we care’ along with a focus on health and safety, quality and the environment. The new facility is designed with environmental features such as rainwater harvesting and landscaping to improve the biodiversity of the site allowing the project to achieve BREEAM excellent

"We have recruited Michael McLarnon, who has extensive experience in the waste industry, to assist John to set up Seneca. His input has been on everything from assisting the in-house design team in the development of the processing plant to how we engage with the local community.

"Over the next 12 to 18 months, there will be a number of job opportunities at Seneca including administration, accounts, sales and marketing, and operational roles.

"For more information about Seneca, visit www.seneca.co." [This is not a misprint.]

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From Carey Newsletter, April 2011

"No More Wasted Opportunities"

"Seneca have been awarded a major two-year waste management contract by the West London Waste Authority (WLWA) to process 70,000 tonnes of mixed waste per year.

"Winning this contract was especially rewarding. Our head office has been in Wembley for many years and establishing Seneca here was an obvious choice. To then secure our local council as our first client, which has generated over 50 new local jobs, is even more satisfying.

"As a company looking to promote greater reuse and recycling of materials, we were also delighted that this contract initiated a new set of evaluation criteria for waste management contracts in West London – where the winning contractor was the one who guaranteed the highest recycling rates as well as the most commercially beneficial.

"The contract is Seneca’s first and, at a contract value of around £7 million per annum, it is a great way for the company to open its gates.

John Carey Jnr – Managing Director, Seneca

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From Seneca's web site:

"SENECA: Our Facilities"

Link to web site

"Seneca’s super Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) is located in west London, just off the North Circular (A406), and is situated right next to the main rail track. [The Marylebone-to Aylesbury Line with an enclosed siding, on one side, and the Marylebone-to-Birmingham Line on the other side.] With its own covered rail siding, the facility has multi-functional road and rail access.

"We practise what we preach, and support reuse over recycling, and energy recovery. This is particularly evident in our new state-of-the-art facility which is a refurbished light industrial unit. The refurbishment, as opposed to demolition and new build, created a substantial saving in materials and construction energy costs. The refurbished building has a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating, utilises rainwater harvesting and has been landscaped with biodiversity in mind, something often missed in such industrial areas and therefore of even greater importance.

"The surrounding area is, in the main, light industrial and commercial thus providing our neighbouring clients the opportunity to lower their carbon emissions when dealing with their waste by minimising transport costs, in both monetary and carbon costs. This also provides us with potential clients for the recycled raw materials that we will be generating for production and remanufacturing in the future."

Link to Seneca main page and video

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Critique of Carey and Seneca: 'Wembley Matters' web site.