Fireward Celebrates as Reacton Achieves World-First in Heavy Equipment Fire Standards
WRA member Fireward is celebrating after its manufacturing partner Reacton Fire Suppression Ltd, achieved the prestigious P-Mark SPCR199 standard for fire suppression heavy equipment vehicles. The company, which manufactures Fireward’s automatic suppression systems,...
Two WRA Board Places Up For Election in March
WRA Board members Richard Coulson and Mark Hayton will both be standing for re-election at this year's Spring Members' Meeting and AGM, which is taking place on Wednesday March 11th in Hexham, Northumberland. The election is open to all existing WRA members who may be...
Will you join us for our Spring meeting & tour of Egger UK?
Our next members' meeting and AGM is due to take place on 11th March in Hexham Northumberland, and we'd love you to be there! The meeting will include updates on industry issues, networking opportunities and the chance to learn more about what some of our service...
Demolition contractors urged to take part in sampling process before it’s too late
The Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA) is making an urgent appeal for waste wood samples from the demolition of buildings built before 2007 in a bid to avert what it sees as a potential crisis that could cost the demolition sector over a 100 million pounds a year. The...
WRA Chair to open 9th European Biomass to Power conference
The WRA's Andy Hill will once again Chair the ACI's European Biomass to Power 2019 conference, which is taking place in Helsinki, Finland on November 6th and 7th. Andy, who chaired the event last year in Stockholm, will open the two day conference with a presentation...
Trade bodies unite with reciprocal membership
The Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA) and The Recycling Association (TRA) have joined forces in a reciprocal arrangement that will see them share expertise and ideas to the benefit of both organisations. The reciprocal membership agreement was approved by the Boards...
WRA Member Focus | A.W. Jenkinson Forest Products
A.W. Jenkinson Forest Products was formed in the mid-1960s when founder Allan Jenkinson, took the initiative to collect unwanted sawdust and wood shavings from the sawmills around Cumbria and the Borders using a single tractor and trailer. He then transported the...
RPS for waste wood extended to 2020
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...
UK could start to import waste wood biomass
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...
Thanks for coming to see us!
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...
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