Wood recyclers warn of unprecedented rise in costs
Wood recyclers are facing an unprecedented rise in costs which many operators will have no choice but to pass on, according to the Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA). Sky-high prices for diesel and electricity are placing additional costs on businesses already hit by...
Quick Guide and Workshops launched to make waste wood classification easy
Operatives working at skip yards, demolition sites and waste transfer stations are being targeted in a campaign to make it easy for them to classify waste wood as part of their legal duties. The campaign includes a simple Quick Guide to help operatives collect samples...
Wood Recyclers’ Association marks 21st anniversary
Wood recyclers were inspired to turn future challenges into opportunities as they gathered this week (June 29) to mark the 21st anniversary of the Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA). The milestone conference and celebration at The Belfry Hotel & Resort near...
WRA expands communications team
The Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA) has expanded its communications team with the appointment of two managers to build upon the role of outgoing PR and Communications Lead, Gayle Whittaker. Erica Malkin has been appointed Membership Communications Manager with...
Will we see you at RWM letsrecyclelive?
This year's RWM and letsrecyclelive exhibition promises to be bigger and better than ever, bringing together the recycling industry's two biggest shows of the year into one event. And the WRA will be there welcoming friends old and new to our stand in Hall 19....
UK Waste wood market goes from strength to strength exceeding 4 million tonnes of processed wood
The UK’s waste wood market has processed more than four million tonnes of wood last year for the first time in its history. The annual statistics collated by the Wood Recyclers’ Association for 2021, show the amount of waste wood processed in the UK rose from 3.82...
WRA Chair Richard Coulson and Executive Director Julia Turner joined the Wood Panel Industry Federation for its All Party Parliamentary Group meeting at Westminster last night. The event was hosted by Selaine Saxby MP, and focused on a call to support increased...
Former Rally Champion to appear at WRA’s 21st anniversary celebrations
Penny Mallory, former Rally Champion and the first and only woman in the world to drive a World Rally Car for Ford, will be the key note speaker at the WRA's Summer meeting this year, helping the trade body to celebrate its 21st anniversary. The Wood Recyclers’...
WRA Strengthens its Board and elects first woman
The Wood Recyclers’ Association has extended the number of people who sit on its Board after taking a vote at its Annual General Meeting yesterday. The trade body, which represents waste wood recyclers, reprocessors and other businesses working in the waste wood...
Voting has opened for WRA 2022 Board Elections
Three seats on the Board of the Wood Recyclers' Association (WRA) are up for election at our AGM next week, which takes place on Wednesday 9th March in Telford. WRA founding member and long-serving Board member Geoff Hadfield has decided to stand down from the Board...



















