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WRA: Four million tonnes of waste wood processed in 2021

The UK’s waste wood market processed more than four million tonnes of wood in 2021, says the Wood Recyclers Association (WRA).

CWR
Community Wood Recycling releases 2021/22 impact report

The service saved 24,023 tonnes of wood from the waste stream and 12,000 tonnes of CO2

 

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Defra releases 2022 household WEEE collection targets

Last year marked five years of the UK missing the threshold, although rates marginally improved

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How to waste less this Christmas
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Emma Love
| 23 December 2021 |
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Resource’s guide to reducing waste and recycling common festive items – trees, decorations, wrapping paper, and more.
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TOMRA unveils deep learning technology for sorting wood
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Kai Malloy
| 17 November 2021 |
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The infrastructure will sort materials using artificial intelligence
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Business in Brief – 07/10/21
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Emma Love
| 7 October 2021 |
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A round up of business news from the waste and resource management sectors
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WRA publishes Waste Wood Assessment Guidance
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Kai Malloy
| 23 July 2021 |
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The Wood Recyclers Association handbook advises waste operators on how to handle and process used wood
Northern Ireland records new low of 21.6 per cent for waste sent to landfill
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Lidia Creech
| 22 April 2021 |
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Though recycling rates have shrunk by 1.7 per cent, the nation has reached a new low for waste sent to landfill at 21.6 per cent 
WRAP report emphasises resource efficiency to help UK reach net zero
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Ilia Hionidou
| 26 March 2021 |
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Analysis by WRAP and the University of Leeds shows resource management could cut CO2 emissions by 100 million tonnes in ten years
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Veolia announces new facility for wood recycling
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Lidia Creech
| 4 January 2021 |
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Waste management company new facility in Runcorn will increase wood processing capacity by 50,000 tonnes
WRA to challenge hazardous waste regulations
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Patrick Jowett
| 8 December 2020 |
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The Wood Recyclers’ Association fears the new regulations will damage the waste wood supply chain
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WRA urges Welsh Government to keep HWRCs open
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Lidia Creech
| 27 October 2020 |
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The Wood Recyclers’ Association has called on the Welsh Government to keep HWRCs open during the country’s ‘firebreak’ measures to stop the spread of Covid-19.
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Andy Hill to hand over role as Chair of WRA
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Lidia Creech
| 20 October 2020 |
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The current Chair of the Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA) is stepping down at the Association’s AGM in March, swapping roles with Deputy Chair Richard Coulson.
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Veolia awarded Norfolk waste treatment contract
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Lidia Creech
| 12 August 2020 |
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Waste management company Veolia has won a six-year contract by Norfolk County Council to treat 180,000 tonnes of waste per year.
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News In Brief – 31/07/20
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Emma Love
| 31 July 2020 |
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A round-up of news from the waste and resources industry, including Mach-Tech, Chase Plastics, Storm Board, J&B Recycling and Durakerb.
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Waste wood processing rises by six per cent in 2019
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Lidia Creech
| 24 June 2020 |
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The amount of waste wood processed in the UK rose by six per cent, to a total of 3.98 million tonnes in 2019, according to new figures from the Wood Recyclers Association (WRA).
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Waste wood sector faces long-term challenges
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| 8 June 2020 |
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Industry experts have predicted that the waste wood sector is set to face difficulties recovering post-coronavirus.
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WRAP and INCPEN to lead review of PackFlow reports
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Lidia Creech
| 2 June 2020 |
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The Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) and the Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment (INCPEN) are working with packaging compliance company Valpak to update the PackFlow material reports in light of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Jenrick to ask councils to reopen HWRCs in coming weeks
Jenrick to ask councils to reopen HWRCs in coming weeks
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Lidia Creech
| 29 April 2020 |
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Robert Jenrick, the Secretary for Housing, Communities and Local Government, has said that local authorities will be asked to “plan the organised opening” of Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) in the coming weeks.
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Councils plan to reopen HWRCs in ‘controlled’ manner
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Lidia Creech
| 23 April 2020 |
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Local authorities are planning for a “controlled and consistent” reopening of Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) once the government publishes its strategy for exiting the Covid-19 lockdown, according to the latest ADEPT local authority impact survey.
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Wood recycling company fined for waste fire
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Imogen Benson
| 21 January 2020 |
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Wood recycling company R Plevin & Sons Ltd (PLEVINS) has been fined £200,000 at Sheffield Crown Court following a series of environmental incidents in 2014. 
Provisional figures show most packaging materials on course to reach 2019 targets
Provisional figures show most packaging materials on course to reach 2019 targets
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Lidia Creech
| 23 October 2019 |
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Provisional packaging data for the third quarter of 2019 shows that all packaging materials remain on track to meet their 2019 recycling targets, with plastics and aluminium staging recoveries.
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A year of success for Community Wood Recycling
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| 12 July 2019 |
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Social enterprise Community Wood Recycling has rescued over 20,000 tonnes of waste wood from landfill in 2018/19, according to the organisation’s annual report.
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