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...
Join us at our Autumn Members’ Meeting
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...
Trade bodies warn wood PRN market does not need stability mechanism
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 interviewed in Global Cement magazine
WRA Chair Andy Hill is interviewed in the latest issue of Global Cement magazine. Read the full interview here, pages 46-47.
WRA asks DEFRA to maintain high wood recycling targets
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...
WRA Member Focus
MachTech Services Originally formed in 2004 as a service company for industrial shredding machinery, MachTech is the sole distributor for the award-winning Lindner-Recyclingtech shredders for the UK and Ireland. True to their motto of getting the most out of waste,...
WRA shortlisted in National Recycling Awards
We're delighted to have been shortlisted in this year's National Recycling Awards for our joint submission with the Environment Agency in the Public/Private Partnership category. The submission is for our joint work producing the WRA's Waste Wood FPP Guide, which was...
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