The Wood Recyclers’ Association is planning to challenge hazardous waste regulations which it fears will damage the waste wood supply chain. It has also rejected latest proposals from the UK’s four environmental regulators regarding the Waste Wood Classification...

The Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA) and the Wood Panel Industries Federation (WPIF) have written a joint letter to DEFRA, asking for an explanation as to why the waste wood packaging recycling targets have been reduced to 35%. The letter follows an announcement...

Congratulations to Egger Timberpak who scooped this year's Wood Recycling Business of the Year AND Recycling Business of the Year awards at the Awards for Excellence in Waste Management & Recycling today. Congratulations also go to WRA members Ward Recycling for...

The Wood Recyclers’ Association has written to the Welsh Government asking it to take urgent action to safeguard the supply of waste wood, after Wales was put into a 17 day “fire break” lockdown on Friday night. Andy Hill, Chair of the Association (WRA) said the...

Congratulations to WRA member companies A&A recycling, Egger Timberpak UK and Westminster Waste who have all been selected as finalists in this year's Awards For Excellence in recycling and waste management. The category, which is sponsored by another WRA member...

The UK’s Waste Compliance Taskforce (WACT) will be officially launched at the Waste Crime Conference later this week, heralding a new way of working to tackle one of the waste and recycling sector’s biggest issues.   WACT comprises a number of organisations from...

The Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA) has asked the Government to give wood recyclers more time before it removes the entitlement to use red diesel. In this year’s Budget the Government announced it is removing the use of red diesel from April 2022 in certain sectors,...

Wood Recyclers’ Association Chair Andy Hill has announced he will be standing down from the lead role at the trade body’s AGM next March. Andy has been Chair of the WRA for eight years, and was on the Board for two years prior to that. He will hand over the role to...

Knight Energy Services are specialists in solid fuels sampling, testing, supervision and inspection services. The team works across the fuel supply, energy generation and recycling industries with a variety of materials including virgin wood products, agricultural...

Wood recyclers have reported a faster than expected return to near normality since Covid struck. That was the overall message at the WRA’s Autumn members’ meeting. However, while incoming feedstock of waste wood has risen since June, it is still below the usual levels...