News - Wood Recyclers Association

Welcome to our new website!

Jun 28, 2017

Welcome to the WRA's new website which we officially launched at our members' summer meeting this month (June). The idea of this new site was to make it fully informative for both members and other stakeholders, as well as the ideal platform for businesses to find WRA...

Member of the Month | Eco Sustainable Solutions

Jun 7, 2017

Eco Sustainable Solutions was formed in 1993 by Managing Director Trelawney Dampney. He had the vision to start the business after a friend visited Germany where he saw a company collect garden waste and turn it into compost. Trelawney had a light bulb moment and...

WRA Chair Andy Hill gives overview of waste wood market

May 16, 2017

Andy Hill, chair of the Wood Recyclers Association, gives an overview of the UK’s waste wood market Over the past year, the wood recycling sector has continued to grow, mature and develop, with around 3.5 million tonnes of waste wood being recycled or recovered into...

WRA to work with EA on defining hazardous wood

May 12, 2017

The Wood Recyclers Association (WRA) is working with the Environment Agency (EA) to look at the classification of hazardous waste wood in the UK. The EA approached the WRA following concerns that lower grade waste wood was being used as a fuel in some non-WID...

Join us for a tour at our members’ summer meeting!

May 2, 2017

The WRA’s members’ summer meeting is due to take place in sunny Bournemouth this June – and yes we do know it will definitely be sunny – honest! The meeting features a packed agenda including a market overview of the waste wood to energy sector, a presentation about...

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Plevin has been a member of the WRA for over 10 years. We experience numerous benefits to membership both socially and professionally. The regular meeting forums provide great networking opportunities and enable us to interact with colleagues within the industry to share learning and build stronger working relationships.

Meetings are informative and reflect the key issues which the industry faces on a day to day basis.

Having the backing of an industry body means that we’re not one voice among many. The problems we face are common throughout the industry. It turns out we are not alone in experiencing our issues, and there are many likeminded people that we can discuss the issues with, and reach sensible conclusions.

Graham Hobson, Finance Director, Plevin

It’s essential to have an industry body which represents its members at all levels to ensure we can continue to operate our businesses successfully. The WRA does just that.

Amanda Snowie, Scot Heating Company

The idea behind the WRA was to give the wood recycling industry a voice so we could lobby government and work collaboratively with them to influence legislation and regulations. We have achieved that and beyond. It’s fantastic to see the WRA going from strength to strength.

Geoff Hadfield, founder of Hadfield Wood Recyclers (now Enva) and founding member and former chair of the WRA

When we formed the WRA the packaging waste regulations were coming into play and were very complex which was one of the main reasons we started it. Since then the WRA has continued to do a great job and I’m delighted it’s doing as well as it is.

Michael Tracey MBE, founding chairman of the WRA