The letsrecycle.com wood recycling price guide shows the gate fee price which councils or businesses may have to pay a wood recycler to take their wood waste.

The figures are written as a negative sum to reflect the fact that, while many other segregated materials are paid for, there is a charge to take wood. The price guide is split into both high and low grade wood waste:

High grade - This includes clean white softwood, wooden pallets, timber offcuts, empty packaging crates  and joinery waste. All should be free of paint and coverings but nails and small metal attachments are acceptable.

Low grade - This includes plywood, doors and window frames, roof timbers and panel products.

It should be noted that for wooden pallets and clean packaging waste recyclers will demand a lower gate fee, as this material is eligible for PRN revenue once recycled. On the other end of the scale, wood from civic amenity sites demands the highest gate fee price of lower grade material due to its generally lower quality.

Prices will vary considerably depending on cleanliness of the material, volume and location. In general, it will cost more to recycle wood waste in the South than in Northern England, Scotland or Northern Ireland.

There are currently significant variations in gate fees throughout the UK, with some operators in the North and Scotland charging significantly less than those in the South East and West..