Keenan awarded £4m Aberdeen contract extension

The food and garden waste comes from households in Aberdeen, collected through Suez’s long term waste and recycling contract with Aberdeen city council. Keenan Recycling has treated waste on behalf of Suez and Aberdeen city council since around 2007, and the new contract has an option to extend for an extra year.

As part of the contract, the leading North-east recycling firm will process around 13,700 tonnes of kitchen and garden waste from household collections and 2,500 tonnes of garden waste per year from five Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) that Suez Environnement operates on behalf of the city council.

The material is treated at Keenan’s New Deer facility in Aberdeenshire. The site holds 18 vertical composting units (VCU’s) and has the capacity to process around 50,000 tonnes of material per year.

Recycling

Mel Keenan, chairman of Keenan Recycling, said: “2015 has seen continued growth as more and more people start to follow the Waste (Scotland) recycling regulations and our client list has tripled since they came into force in 2014.

“We are delighted to continue working closely with Suez Environnement and Aberdeen city council to help encourage Aberdeen residents to recycle their food and garden waste. We always strive to deliver a first-class service at all times which we believe will help increase recycling rates.”

Suez (then Sita UK) was awarded the 25-year contract to manage the recycling, composting, treatment and disposal of household waste on behalf of Aberdeen council in 2000.

Compost

Suez Environnement operations manager, Colin Forshaw, said: “Turning organic waste collected within Aberdeen into a compost which can be used for agriculture or horticulture is a critical part of our client’s aim to meet their Waste Strategy.

“Suez Environnement is currently working with the Council to create a more sustainable waste management, including the development of modern and efficient facilities at Altens East, which will increase recycling and recovery, and divert almost all of the city’s waste from landfill.

“We have worked with Keenan Recycling for over 10 years and this agreement represents our continued commitment to managing Aberdeen’s resources in a more sustainable way.”