Martyn Day MP visited the UK’s largest waste wood-powered biomass plant to understand the critical role of biomass in producing renewable energy. The Member of Parliament for Linlithgow and East Falkirk was shown around RWE’s £300 million biomass combined heat and...

The Wood Recyclers’ Association has welcomed changes to the waste exemptions regime for England and Wales announced last week (February 6) by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. For wood, the changes include new exemption conditions for the...

Deputy chair of the Wood Recyclers' Association, Andy Hill, will chair the European Biomass to Power Summit taking place in London on 15th and 16th February. Andy, who will make a chairperson's address to open the Summit on both days, will also chair the event's...

The MP for Rotherham, Sarah Champion, learnt about the vital role that waste wood plays in the production of renewable fuel on a visit to Esken Renewables’ Rotherham processing site last week (February 2). The Labour MP was shown around the facility on Greasbrough...

The timber industry has unveiled a new net zero roadmap, with input and support from trade bodies including the Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA). Commissioned by Timber Development UK (TDUK), the Timber Industry Net Zero Roadmap was developed following a...

The important contribution that waste wood biomass is making in the transition away from fossil fuels must not be overlooked by government policy, according to the Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA). The WRA has written to the Department for Business, Energy &...

A second round of tests is underway to confirm that hazardous treatments in the household waste wood stream are diminishing and are soon likely to disappear altogether. The Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA) has launched phase two of the sampling and testing of fence...

There is only a week until our December members' meeting, so do not miss the opportunity to sign up. The meeting on December 7 in Telford will be a closed meeting to encourage open discussion but still features a packed programme including the latest updates on key...

The Wood Recyclers’ Association has welcomed government proposals to support the deployment of greenhouse gas removals (GGR) technologies and power bioenergy carbon capture and storage (power BECCS) over the next decade. But, the association has warned that the...

The MP for Bassetlaw, Brendan Clarke-Smith, witnessed first-hand the important role that waste wood plays in the circular economy during a visit to R Plevin & Sons’ wood recycling site in Nottinghamshire on Friday (October 14). The visit came as the Wood...