MWM (WR) will provide you with an efficient, cost-effective, flexible and seamless service, transforming your wood from waste to product.

As wood use and manufacturing changes, the amount of low-grade waste wood such as laminates, MDF and chipboard is increasing, but there is currently little or no market for it. Low-grade woods are currently being sent to landfill creating methane gasses and contributing to global warming. MWM (WR) can recycle these non hazardous woods.

Recycling your wood with us is not only cheaper than sending it to landfill, it is also greener. By recycling with us you will be helping to protect the environment and saving yourself money!

MWM (WR) prides itself on being a morally and ethically sound business which listens to its customers and its employees .

What types of wood are suitable?

We can recycle the following non-hazardous woods:

• All soft and hard woods
• Pallets
• Off-cuts, boxes, packing cases
• Chipboard
• Plywood
• Melamine and laminates
• Medium Density Fibreboard (MDF)
• Hardboard

Please note: CCA (copper chrome and arsenate) and other hazardous timbers cannot be accepted such as railway sleepers and utility poles.

How do I get wood to the site?

MWM (WR) offers a number of options. We can provide the following:

• A full UK collection service of your wood
• A container service, delivered to your site on an exchange basis
• Curtain-sided vehicles for stackable materials
• Bulkers and Walking Floors for pre-crushed materials
• A customer tip on-site facility

What will it cost me?

The cost of recycling your wood with MWM(WR) will depend upon the quality of the materials received.

The price will be based on the lowest grade of wood in the mix, therefore segregating materials in mixed loads before they arrive on site will prove the most cost effective.

Discounts may be available for large tonnages, such as those from civic ammenity sites and local authorities. Please contact us for further information.

But whatever the price, recycling your wood with MWM(WR) is not only a greener option than sending it to landfill, it's also a cost effective one!

What will I get from MWM (WR)?

As a customer of MWM (WR), you will be provided with:

• Dates and times of all loads received from your company
• Tailored reports - monthly/quarterly/yearly - to meet your requirements
• A list of acceptable materials we can receive from you

Background to wood recycling

Why do we recycle wood?
The 1992 Earth Summit in Rio saw the United Nations (UN) begin to tackle a growing international issue - the destruction of the earth's irreplaceable natural resources.

Hundreds of thousands of people from all walks of life were drawn into the Rio process in an attempt to bring about change and safeguard the future of the planet. Environmentally, this was the foundation that all future legislation would be drawn from.

Britain, like its counterparts, took the warnings very seriously and set about developing and implementing systems and procedures that would make us look closer at what we did and how we did it. Areas requiring urgent review were transportation, energy and waste. Fuel in the form of lead petrol was to be phased out, energy would need to be generated from fossil-free fuels and land filling of waste had to be reduced significantly.

One area where much needless waste was generated was packaging and in 1997 the Government introduced The Waste Packaging Legislation, which aimed to cut down the amount of packaging waste that was being sent to landfill.

Recycling and recovery targets were set for various material groups one of which was wood. The producers and users of packaging now had the responsibility of dealing with the waste they generated and the more they produced the heavier the penalty. All businesses with an annual turnover exceeding £2 million and handling more than 50 tonnes of packaging per year had to comply with the directive.

In 2000 the Government introduced further laws reducing the amount of material sent to landfill. The main theme was 'where waste is created we must increasingly put it to good use through 're-use, reclaim, recycle, compost or to use it as a fuel'. The Government further recognised the need to develop new markets for the recycled materials.

What's the story today?
Every year 10 million tonnes of wood is produced for disposal in the UK, and yet still only 1.5 million tonnes is recycled. The rest is sent to landfill.

Land filling organic materials such as wood leads to emissions of methane. This is 21 times more damaging to the environment than carbon dioxide. Recycling wood offers a real opportunity to reduce landfills, reduce emissions to the atmosphere and to improve the economic vitality of our country.

With increasing landfill charges, landfill taxes, recycling targets, penalties, and the ever-increasing cost of transport, wood recycling is also a sound financial investment.

Recycling is fundamental to sustainable development and MWM (WR) has taken commercial responsibility to participate in and encourage re-use of this useful commodity.

For your free bespoke environmental consultation and recycling strategy, please click here to arrange an appointment.