The Waste and Resources Action Programme is hoping to fund new capacity for the recycling of 100,000 tonnes of waste wood, which it said would be “primarily but not exclusively in the South East”.
About one million tonnes of waste wood arise in the South East each year, but with no major end market in the region the majority is landfilled. WRAP believes collection infrastructure is already available for waste wood in the South East to cater to new market demand and reprocessing capacity.
We believe the future of wood recycling will be more assured if greater value can be generated throughout the supply chain.
Wood recyclers are now being urged to bid in the open tender competition for funding to create new wood reprocessing capacity and increase the manufacture of added-value recycled wood products. The aim is to produce at least 35,000 tonnes of value-added products, WRAP said.
Tom Fourcade, head of WRAP’s wood programme, said: “WRAP supports the development of added value markets for recycling. We believe the future of wood recycling will be more assured if greater value can be generated throughout the supply chain.”
Costs
The wood initiative is being delivered in partnership with the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) and will be targeted at small and medium-sized enterprises. Funding will cover capital costs involved in creating new reprocessing capacity to see waste wood recycled into products like animal bedding, horticultural products and chipboard.
The open competition has received the backing of the Wood Recyclers’ Association, with Association secretary Rick Wilcox saying: “This is a great chance for wood recyclers to seek WRAP support for their business development plans and is fully supported by the Wood Recyclers’ Association.”
WRAP’s wood programme has an overall target to deliver an additional 150,000 tonnes of recycling capacity for waste wood, with the majority going to higher value markets.
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