About Us

Established in 2001, the WRA now has 83 member companies and represents the interests of the wood recycling sector to government and to the environment agencies and other regulatory authorities in the UK. Membership has increased by 40% in the past 2 years alone, and WRA members not account for over 80% of the wood recycled in the UK.  WRA members include not only wood re-processors but also customers, in the form of panel board mills and major renewable energy developers. We have a growing and increasingly varied service membership.  This includes companies which supply technology to the industry; a variety of consultancies; and specialist insurance and health and safety companies.

Meetings of the Association are held quarterly, and are open to all members. Subjects range widely: trade and potential markets; matters of current concern in the environmental and regulational fields; government and other initiatives affecting the wood recycling industry; and WRA matters.

The WRA has published the Wood Packaging Protocol, to calculate more accurately the amount of packaging being processed, and a wood packaging recognition training package, designed to be delivered at the workplace. It has also produced the Wood Recyclers' Code of Practice, designed to raise business operational, quality, environmental and H & S standards in the sector.

The WRA is currently working with the Environment Agency and WRAP to develop a Quality Protocol for post-industrial wood.  Once achieved, this Quality Protocol will define the point at which the wood which members process ceases to be a waste and becomes a product.  In parallel with the Quality Protocol development, the WRA has worked with WRAP and BSI to develop a publicly available specification - PAS111 - for post-industrial wood. PAS111 will be published shortly. These exciting projects promise to enhance considerably the status and quality of WRA members' products.

The WRA is a member of the Recycling Industries Alliance, an influential group of 8 recycling trade associations set up in 1998 to lobby Government and the Environment Agencies on a variety of major issues on behalf of member companies.

MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FORM

Ordinary Membership of the WRA is open to companies in the UK whose business involves wood recycling, not necessarily exclusively, and who have been in business for at least one year.

Service Membership is available to any company or organisation which provides services to wood recyclers, or who otherwise has a legitimate professional interest in the wood recycling industry.

MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION

(Flat Subscription of £850 for 12 months)

Please print out, complete with your details and either fax or post to us.

TO:
The Secretary
The Wood Recyclers Association
Birdsong

Peach Grove

Palestine

Andover

Hants SP11 7EP.

We wish to apply for membership of the Wood Recyclers Association.

Our business is:
• Recycling/Reclamation of wood waste.
• Suppliers of equipment, machinery or services to wood recycling companies.
• Other (please state)


We have been in business for ………………. Years.

If elected, I/we agree to abide by the Rules and Constitution of the Wood Recyclers Association and be likewise bound by any amendment to the Rules passed in a constitutional manner.

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