THE Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA) and The Recycling Association (TRA) have joined forces in a reciprocal arrangement that will see them share expertise and ideas to the benefit of both organisations. The reciprocal membership agreement was approved by the Boards of the WRA last month and TRA this month. It is aimed at the two...
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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 (WRA) and aims to ensure that waste wood in the UK...
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UK could start to import waste wood biomass, says WRA
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 number of biomass plants coming on stream in the UK...
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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 on the government’s Advisory Committee on Packaging (ACP), the two trade bodies have raised...
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WRA elects new Board member
EXPERIENCED waste manager Alan Webb has been elected to join the Board of the Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA). Alan, who heads up JM Envirofuels, the biomass supply arm of the Jack Moody Group of recycling companies, was elected at the WRA’s AGM last week. He joins a Board of seven waste and recycling professionals who...
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WRA’s new Fire Prevention Plan Guide is already proving its worth
AS THE Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA) enters 2019, the organisation are the first trade body to launch a sector-specific Fire Prevention Plan (FPP) Guide. As a legal requirement for all sites storing combustible materials, the WRA guide leads operators through a process to give them the best chance of getting approval for their FPP. The...
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