The Wood Recycling Association Awards celebrate excellence, innovation and success in the wood recycling industry.
The only awards ceremony dedicated to wood recycling, winners in the categories of best partnership, site manager or team of the year and quality product of the year will be presented at a luncheon at Coombe Abbey Hotel on November 20 2013.
The awards are open to Wood Recyclers Association (WRA) members, board mills, recyclers, energy companies, individuals, local authorities, the community sector and all those who work within the field of wood recycling and affiliated industries.
Those to receive a nod for awards include: Community Wood Recyclings national builders collection scheme; Hadfield Wood Recyclers new poultry bedding product; employees at Countrystyle Groups Ridham wood processing facility in Kent; as well as biomass plants under development by partnerships in both Fife and Plymouth.
Organised by letsrecycle.com, the WRA Conference and Awards 2013 is sponsored Abraservice UK, A Jansen BV, CBI Europe, Firefly ab and Warwick Yard. For more information about the event, click here.
Wood Recycler’s Association Conference & Awards 2013
The award categories and nominees are:
Best Partnership, sponsored by A Jansen BV
- National Builders Collection Scheme: a partnership between Community Wood Recycling and 25 independent social enterprises offering a wood-waste collection service to UK builders.
- O-Gen Plymtrek: The partnership between MITIE/Utilyx, O-Gen UK and Una Group is developing a biomass plant near Plymouth that will convert 40,000 tonnes of waste wood into renewable heat and power each year.
- SITA UK and RWE npower renewable: A contract between the two will see SITA UK supply 50% (c.200,000 tonnes) of the recovered wood feedstock to RWEs 250 million biomass combined heat and power plant, currently under development in Fife.
Site Manager or Team of the Year, sponsored by CBI Europe
- Dan Beeson, site manager at Countrystyle Groups Ridham facility in Kent.
- Ridham Operations Team, Countrystyle Group.
Quality Product of the Year, sponsored by Abraservice UK
- Chip Drum for biofuel production, Vermeer UK.
- Grade C wood pellets, Countrystyle Group.
- Easichick Poultry Bedding for the consumer market, Hadfield Wood Recyclers.
Conference
The Awards luncheon will take place during the Wood Recyclers Association Conference which features a diverse and practical programme. With operational industry experts and regulators speaking, this is a must attend event for all working in the wood recycling sector.
For more information on the WRA Conference and Awards 2013 or to book a place please click here.
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