The Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA) has highlighted the sustainability advantages of waste wood biomass following recent scrutiny of biomass power in the press. This came after the Conservative Environment Network published a manifesto, supported by 32 parliamentarians, questioning the government’s policy on bioenergy and calling for more enforcement around the sustainability of biomass imports, such...
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Record amount of waste wood processed in 2022
The UK achieved a new record volume of waste wood processing in 2022, continuing the upward trend. Based on the annual statistics of the Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA), the amount of waste wood processed in the country has increased from 4.17 million tonnes in 2021 to 4.31 million tonnes last year. The total amount of...
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WRA welcomes plans to withdraw RPS 250
Following five years of work to clarify which waste wood items are potentially hazardous, the Wood Recyclers’ Association has welcomed plans by the Environment Agency to withdraw RPS 250 on 1st September. Introduced in July 2021, Regulatory Position Statement (RPS) 250 currently allows potentially hazardous ‘amber’ waste wood items from the construction and demolition (C&D)...
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Wood Recyclers’ Association marks 21st anniversary
WOOD RECYCLERS were inspired to turn future challenges into opportunities as they gathered on June 29 to mark the 21st anniversary of the Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA). The milestone conference and celebration at The Belfry Hotel & Resort near Birmingham saw over 120 WRA members and guests meet to reflect on the successful history of...
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Enva officially opens Ash Recycling Plant
MHAIRI BLACK, MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South, has officially opened Enva’s new £1.5 million Ash Recycling Plant in Paisley, Scotland. This unique facility treats up to 20,000 tonnes a year of fly ash from biomass and Energy from Waste (EfW) facilities. The ash, which would previously have been destined for disposal in hazardous landfill...
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Alfred H Knight’s new state of the art sample preparation facility is now operational
ALFRED H Knight is pleased to announce that it’s new, state of the art sample preparation facility is now fully operational and receiving samples. The site, located in Olympic Business Park, Kilmarnock, is a result of significant investment and expansion of Alfred H Knight’s operations in Scotland and will now be home to all of...
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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 million tonnes in 2020 to 4.17 million tonnes...
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Government launches new scheme for technologies producing hydrogen from biomass
THE Government has this week (on Wednesday 12 January) launched a new programme to help develop innovative technologies to produce hydrogen, a clean energy source, from sustainable biomass and waste. Backed with £5 million in government funding, the new Hydrogen BECCS Innovation Programme will support the development of technologies to produce hydrogen generated via BECCS...
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WRA urges Government to recognise value of waste wood biomass
THE Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA) has urged the Government to recognise the value that waste wood biomass adds to the UK’s efforts to decarbonise, when developing its Biomass Strategy 2022. In its response to a Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) call for evidence consultation, the WRA stressed that there is a limit to the...
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Locked down gardeners trigger huge growth in demand for topsoil
SCOTT BROS is working flat out to meet a sudden surge in demand for topsoil during the lockdown period. Normally the Stockton-based firm would fill and deliver up to five one-ton bags of its high-quality topsoil per day – but in recent weeks that figure has rocketed to 30 bags per day. The huge rise...
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