The Environment Agency (EA) has extended a Regulatory Position Statement (RPS) on the use of mixed waste wood by a further ten months, to allow completion of a major project. The Waste Wood Classification (WWC) Project is being led by the Wood Recyclers’ Association...

Imports of waste wood biomass into the UK look a likely possibility going forward, according to the Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA). Andy Hill, Chair of the WRA, said some UK-based biomass plants had already begun to trial imports of waste wood from Europe, as the...

Thank you to all our members who attended our autumn meeting in Birmingham this week and to all those members and non members who came to see us on our stand at RWM as well. As ever we had a fantastic members' meeting, with some very interesting and thought provoking...

Our Autumn members' meeting will take place on Wednesday September 11th at the Birmingham Metropole Hotel, NEC prior to the start of the RWM exhibition. And usual there will be updates from key speakers on industry topics, including the latest on the waste wood...

The Wood Panels Industry Federation (WPIF) and the Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA) have written a joint letter outlining their opposition to a “stability mechanism” being introduced for the wood PRN market. In a letter to John Dye, the wood sector’s representative...

WRA Chair Andy Hill is interviewed in the latest issue of Global Cement magazine. Read the full interview here, pages 46-47.

The Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA) is calling on DEFRA not to change its packaging waste recycling targets for wood, amid fears a proposed reduction will impact negatively on the sector. The call is part of the WRA’s response to DEFRA’s consultation on the UK...

Experienced waste manager Alan Webb has been elected to  join the Board of the Wood Recyclers’ Association. Alan, who heads up JM Envirofuels, the biomass supply arm of the Jack Moody Group of recycling companies, was elected at the WRA’s AGM last week. He joins a...